Were women in the renaissance taught reading and writing?
Queen Elizabeth I ruled during the Renaissance. She had a personal tutor starting at age 3 who was teaching her Latin, Greek, Italian and French as well handwriting, history, geography and bible studies. During her youth, she also learned to play the Virginal (early piano style instrument), and needlework Let me point out that Elizabeth was NOT expected to become the Queen at that time in her life, her mother was beheaded when she was 3 and she was just the illegitimate daughter of the King. But, she was still taught the things a princess was expected to know. By the time she became Queen she was fluent in 6 languages. Lady Jane Grey is another example of a highly educated noble woman – her interest in religious studies had her exchanging letters with Erasmus, the great humanist. The higher the rank of the woman (generally) the better the education. There was no formal education for any woman, the few schools that existed were for boys. (Grammar schools, BTW taught Latin grammar) As bo
