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Article: Education, Europe
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- Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
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Education, Europe
Literacy in Europe has always been affected by conflict and competition among religious movements. The Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation are examples that confirm this fact. Religious doctrines encouraged education of a select few in the Middle Ages, but additional reasons developed to educate more people from the Renaissance onward. For example, the growth of the urban economy in northern Italy during the fifteenth century necessitated that large numbers of children be taught about secular life.
The Frame and the Drive
Since the sixteenth century, the education of every young person in Europe has been framed by the dialectical relationship ...