education

• secondary education took place in grammar schools, some hundreds of years old. increases in humanist foundation led to 53 more being founded from 1460-1509. this made education more universal. however, this was only ample provision for the wealthy, with some areas still having scarce education
• previously, latin was central in the educational curriculum, but the humanist approach was more secular meaning latin was less significant.
• Universities like oxford and Cambridge both had significant expansions in the 15th century, introducing new colleges
• humanism was creeping into education and making it much more secular