education

• what were dame schools?

  for upper class girls where they learnt things such as sewing, cooking and basic first aid
• what were grammar schools?

  for upper class boys where they learnt things such as literature, greek and latin
• what are petty schools?

  for the lower class and they got a religious based education from priests
• what were the 2 main universities?

  Oxford and cambridge
• what percentage of women and men could read and write?

  women was 10% but men was 30%
• who was homeschooling for?

  nobility
• what allowed books to be available to the lower class?

  printing press
• how many new grammar schools were created during elizabths reign?

  100
• did education develop in elizabeths reign?

  yes, massively
• how many holidays did grammar schools get off?

  2, at easter and christmas
• how long was the day in grammar schools?

  10 hours
• what did children of merchants and craftsmen do?

  Apprenticeships at their family business however some grammar schools allowed them in with an alternate curriculum