The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Vol. 6: Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

A Study of Mediæval Schools and Schoolwork

“…Sch. at the Reformation,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24) Notwithstanding occasional movements to restrict admission to those taking up a clerical career (Specht,pp. 34), the schools of the cathedrals and collegiate churches seem to have exercised a much wider and more direct influence upon the laity than did those of the monasteries.…”