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A big part of education back then involved learning lots of Latin grammar.
Latin is the language of the ancient Romans and was used as the common language for educated types throughout Europe during the medieval period.
As well as Latin, subjects could include rhetoric (the art of persuasive speaking), logic (the study of proof and evidence), arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and music.
Using rhetoric, I will now persuade you to give me all your sweets.
FANCY THAT!
Children liked tongue-twisters back then. Here’s one found in a manuscript from Lincoln, in England. Try getting your tongue round it:
“Thre gray gredy geys [Three grey greedy geese]
Fliyng over three greyn gresy furs; [Flying over three green grassy furrows] The geys was gray and gredy; [The geese were grey and greedy]
The furs was greyn and gresy. [The furrows were green and grassy].”
So those rich boys had to squeeze a lot into the space between their ears.
Using logic, I will prove to you that you´re a nincompoop if you think that’s happening.
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Yes – rich boys. Remember? Because if you were a girl or you were poor, your chances of getting as good an education as a boy were slim. And if you were a poor girl your chances were absolutely zero. Nothing. Nada. Diddly squat.