Thursday, October 14, 2010

Education of Shakespeare



Shakespeare probably attended

King Edward VI

Grammar School in Stratford

from the age of seven.





It was further endowed by a

Catholic chaplain in 1482.





It was free to male children in Stratford and

it is presumed that the young

Shakespeare attended,

although this cannot be confirmed because

the school's records have not survived.


While the quality of Elizabethan era

grammar school was uneven,

the school probably would have provided

an intensive education in Latin grammar

and literature.


As a part of this education,

the students would likely have

been exposed to Latin plays,

in which students performed to better

understand the language.

There is no evidence that he received

a university education.

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