Medieval & Global Education
Derived from the Latin verb educare, the word education literally translates to this phrase.
What is "to lead out"?
Western Europe's first university was founded in 1088 in this Italian city.
What is Bologna?
In ancient China, Korea, and Japan, schools taught the educational theories of this famous thinker to promote social and spiritual harmony.
Who is Confucius?
Henry VIII famously broke away from the Catholic Church because the Pope refused to grant him an annulment from this, his first wife.
Who is Catherine of Aragon?
Henry married his fourth wife sight-unseen based on a flattering portrait by artist Hans Holbein, but found her so unattractive in person he nicknamed her a "fat mare" and quickly divorced her.
Who is Anne of Cleves?
This Frankish king made education a priority, established a palace school, and decreed that monasteries and cathedrals should teach children.
Who is Charlemagne?
Students at early European universities were all taught in this common language of learning
What is Latin?
In the Incan Empire, children used this set of knotted cords to make mathematical calculations.
What is a quipu?
Catherine of Aragon gave birth to this future queen of England, who would later earn the nickname "Bloody Mary."
Who is Mary I (Mary Tudor)?
Henry's fifth wife was a young, vivacious teenager who was unfortunately beheaded for treason just a few years into their marriage.
Who is Catherine Howard?
In the Islamic world, education was regarded as this type of obligation.
What is a religious duty?
At the heart of the medieval European curriculum were these "seven liberal arts," which were worthy of study by a free citizen.
What are grammar, rhetoric, logic, music, arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy?
In the Aztec Empire, the calmecac was a severe urban boarding school reserved exclusively for the children of this social class.
Who are the nobility?
Henry VIII risked everything to marry this ambitious woman, but she fell out of favor after failing to produce a living male heir and was beheaded for treason.
Who is Anne Boleyn?
This sixth and final wife managed to outlive King Henry VIII, acting as a devoted nurse and helping to reunite him with his children.
Who is Catherine Parr?
This Spanish city was a major center of Islamic scholarship and religious tolerance where education was available to Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike.
What is Córdoba (or Toledo)?
This world's oldest surviving university was founded in 859 in Fez, Morocco.
What is Karueein University?
According to Aztec school rules, disobedient children faced harsh punishments, which included being forced to do this.
What is inhale smoke, lie on damp ground, or sweep the floor?
Anne Boleyn gave birth to a daughter who would grow up to become one of England's greatest and longest-reigning monarchs. Name her.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
To help students remember the fates of Henry's wives, historians use this famous six-word rhyming mnemonic phrase.
What is "Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived"?
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg and others in the 1440s allowed books to be distributed much more widely, helping more people learn to read.
What is the printing press?
In medieval trade guilds, young people learned a trade through this hands-on training system by living in the household of a master craftsman.
What is an apprenticeship?
This brilliant woman lectured in philosophy and mathematics in ancient Alexandria around 370–415 CE.
Who is Hypatia?
This third wife finally gave Henry the son he desperately wanted (future King Edward VI), but tragically died shortly after childbirth due to complications.
Who is Jane Seymour?
Henry VIII ruled England as part of this powerful royal dynasty, which lasted from 1485 until 1603.
What is the Tudor dynasty?