H. I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity has been an invaluable contribution within the fields of classical studies and history ever since its original publication in French in 1948. French historian H. I. Marrou traces the roots of classical education, from the warrior cultures of Homer, to the increasing importance of rhetoric and philosophy, to the adaptation of Hellenistic ideals inside the Roman education system, and ending with the upward thrust of Christian schools and churches within the early medieval period. Marrou shows how education, once formed in an effort to train young warriors, ultimately become an increasing number of philosophical and secularized as Christianity took hold within the Roman Empire. Through his examination of the transformation of Greco-Roman education, Marrou is in a position to create a greater figuring out of these cultures.
Category: Education Studies & Teaching
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