What was education like in medieval times?
The majority of people in medieval times were illiterate; only the wealthy and powerful had access to education. Academic instruction was for the most part considered unnecessary for women in any social strata.Latin InstructionThose of the noble class were taught to read and write in Latin, which served as the common language of the medieval world, according to the website Medievality.com.Monastery EducationMonasteries served as repositories of learning in the medieval world. Because few professions called for education, many who studied in monasteries became monks themselves, writing books and translating classical literature.PeasantsObtaining education was difficult at best for the lower classes, both because it was prohibitively expensive and because the ruling classes did nothing to encourage the literacy of their subjects.KnightsKnights, as elite fighters of medieval times, were educated from childhood.
