 It is stated by a recent historian, that, as late as the reign of Edward VI. there were peers of Parliament unable to read. Well might Roger Ascham exclaim, " The fault is in yourselves, ye noblemen's sons, and therefore ye deserve the greater blame,...  Senior standard history readers - Página 261de David Morris (B.A.) - 1883Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1856 - 570 páginas
...For he observes that " the more old-fashioned of the higher ranks were slow in moving, for as late as the reign of Edward VI. there were peers of parliament unable to read." The obvious effect of this clever way of expressing it is, that the "old fashioned" gentry, ie, the... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1862 - 510 páginas
...least of the laity. The more old-fashioned of the higher ranks were slow in moving ; for as late as the reign of Edward VI. \ there were peers of parliament unable to read; but on the whole, the invention of printing, and invention the general ferment which was commencing... | |
 | Fanny Ward - 1862 - 482 páginas
...Were not even the higher classes very uneducated during the middle ages ? A. Yes ; and even as late as the reign of Edward VI. there were peers of parliament unable to read. Q. Who were the best educated persons at the early periods of our history ? A. The ecclesiastics and... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1867 - 428 páginas
...book-learning, he should leave that to louts." It is stated by a recent historian, that, as late as the reign of Edward VI. there were peers of Parliament unable to read. Well might Roger Ascham exclaim, " The fault is in yourselves, ye noblemen's sons, and therefore ye... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1867 - 404 páginas
...book-learning, he should leave that to louts." It is stated by a recent historian, that, as late as the reign of Edward VI. there were peers of Parliament unable to read. Well might Roger Ascham exclaim, " The fault is in yourselves, ye noblemen's sons, and therefore ye... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1872 - 748 páginas
...century, the working classes remained in a condition more than prosperous" (p. 31). 513. "As late as the reign of Edward VI. there were peers of Parliament unable to read" (Fronde's History of England, ip 37). 514. "The dissolution of the monasteries was not the cause of... | |
 | 1873 - 862 páginas
...book-learning, he should leave that to louts." It is stated by a recent historian, that, as late as the reign of Edward VI. there were peers of Parliament unable to read. Well might Roger Ascham exclaim, " The fault is in yourselves, ye noblemen's sons, and therefore ye... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1873 - 886 páginas
...book-learning, he should leave that to louts." It is stated by a recent historian, that, as late as the reign of Edward VI. there were peers of Parliament unable to read. Well might Roger Ascham exclaim, " The fault is in yourselves, ye noblemen's eons, and therefore ye... | |
 | David Morris - 1879 - 586 páginas
...ic was better to remain in ignorance. So strong was this feeling in some quarters that, as late as the reign of Edward VI., there were peers of Parliament...Westminster School, and Rugby, besides very many others of lesser note, took their rise. All these educational establishments were intended for the poorer classes.... | |
 | Sir Thomas Elyot - 1883 - 558 páginas
...satisfactory.'—Thf Oxford Reformers, p. 353. ' It is stated by a recent historian that as late as the reign of Edward VI. there were peers of Parliament unable to read. Well might Roger Ascham exclaim '' The fault is in yourselves, ye noblemen's sons, and therefore ye... | |
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