A Renaissance education : schooling in Bergamo and the Venetian Republic, 1500-1650 /
Schooling in Bergamo and the Venetian Republic, 1500-1650
Christopher Carlsmith.
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 435 pages)
Illustrations and maps from the print version of the book were removed from the electronic version.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Commune : schooling and the city -- Misericordia : schooling and confraternities -- Catechismo : schooling and the Catholic Church -- Chiesa : schooling with Jesuits and Somaschans -- Genitori : schooling, parents, and tutors -- Fuori le mura : schooling beyond Bergamo -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Teachers in late medieval and early modern Bergamo, by institution -- Appendix 2. Distribution of teachers and students in Bergamo's schools of Christian doctrine, 1609.
"The skills, ideas, and behaviours imparted through schooling provide insight into the collective outlook of a society in any age. Deeply rooted in archival sources, Christopher Carlsmith's A Renaissance Education uses a case study approach to examine educational practices in the north-eastern Italian city of Bergamo from 1500 to 1650. Carlsmith illustrates how education in this and other Venetian cities was affected by Renaissance humanism, Tridentine Catholicism, and Venetian domination, and how cooperation among various institutions resulted in a surprising array of options for schooling in these provincial cities." "A Renaissance Education's close analysis of civic, ecclesiastical, confraternal, and family records not only paints a vivid portrait of how schooling functioned in one city but also explores this small city's dynamic interconnections with other locales and with larger regional processes."--Jacket.