Education of Girls during the Reformation

By Candace275
  • Period: Sep 12, 1300 to Sep 12, 1399

    German Schools Established

    Speyer, Bern, Regensburg, Mainz, Zurich, Frankfurt Shortly after: Augsburg, Nuremburg, Emmerich
  • GERMANY: Convents still heavily involved in education
    Sep 12, 1400

    GERMANY: Convents still heavily involved in education

  • Emmerich hires 2+ women teachers
    Sep 12, 1445

    Emmerich hires 2+ women teachers

  • Überlingen: teacher charged for every male student
    Sep 12, 1456

    Überlingen: teacher charged for every male student

  • ITALY: Women of lower orders unchanged since Renaissance
    Sep 12, 1499

    ITALY: Women of lower orders unchanged since Renaissance

  • Period: Sep 12, 1500 to

    Widespread establishment of girls' schools

    Hamburg, Luebeck, Bremen, Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein, Württemburg
  • Catechism written
    Sep 12, 1528

    Catechism written

    by Johann Agricola, "One Hundred and Fifty-Six Questions for Young Children in the German School for Girls in Eisleben"
  • Brunswick: First school for girls established
    Sep 12, 1528

    Brunswick: First school for girls established

  • Wittenburg school established
    Sep 12, 1533

    Wittenburg school established

    by Elsa von Kaunitz, in Luther's hometown
  • ITALY: Order of Ursulines established
    Sep 12, 1535

    ITALY: Order of Ursulines established

    At Brescia, by St. Angea Merici
  • Geneva: order that all children attend school
    Sep 12, 1536

    Geneva: order that all children attend school

  • Geneva: Separate elementary girls' schools established
    Sep 12, 1541

    Geneva: Separate elementary girls' schools established

  • Period: Sep 12, 1560 to Sep 12, 1569

    28% of women could sign their names

  • Memmingen: prizes begin to be awarded

    Memmingen: prizes begin to be awarded

    due to her "great diligence and application in learning her catechism, modesty, obedience, and excellent penmanship"
  • 12-13% of all girls were literate

    12-13% of all girls were literate

    33% of boys
  • Frankfurt: total of twenty small schools established

    Frankfurt: total of twenty small schools established

    Half of them were taught by women
  • Period: to

    Prevalence of Counter-Reformation schools

  • FRANCE: Ursuline Convents erected

    FRANCE: Ursuline Convents erected

  • SWEDEN: All peasant children could read and write

    SWEDEN: All peasant children could read and write

  • Goals of schools reformed

    Goals of schools reformed

    Main objective: for girls to learn Christian teachings and religion from the catechism, and be able to recite this on command (in school, church, or other)
  • Württemburg: elementary school made obligatory for all children

    Württemburg: elementary school made obligatory for all children

  • FRANCE: Girl prohibited from continue studying Latin

    FRANCE: Girl prohibited from continue studying Latin

  • ENGLAND: Fifteen boarding schools established

    ENGLAND: Fifteen boarding schools established

  • 14% of wives could sign marriage contracts

  • 95% of population was literate (men, maybe women)

    95% of population was literate (men, maybe women)

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