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Albert William Parry

1874–1950

A historian of medieval education, this early 20th-century scholar explored how schools, monasteries, and universities helped shape England's intellectual life. His best-known work offers a careful, readable look at learning from the Anglo-Saxon period to the eve of the Reformation.

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Education in England in the Middle Ages

Education in England in the Middle Ages

by Albert William Parry

About the author

Albert William Parry was a British historian and scholar best known for Education in England in the Middle Ages. Project Gutenberg's record for the book identifies him as "Albert William, 1874-1950" and notes that the work was approved for the degree of Doctor of Science at the University of London.

His book traces the development of education in England from the coming of Christianity through the late medieval period. It focuses on the changing roles of monasteries, the Church, and the early universities, showing how education gradually moved from mainly religious control toward a broader civic importance.

Although biographical details about his life are not easy to confirm from the sources I found, his surviving work suggests a writer deeply interested in the history of institutions and ideas. Readers drawn to the roots of schools, scholarship, and medieval society will find his work thoughtful and informative.