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 Education in Elizabethan Era differed from class to class. Generally, upper class and middle class boys were educated in school. However, lower class boys were educated in homes for skills and behavior,and lower class girls were educated also in homes for skills, their places in social life, behavior and marriage. Students were usually taught from home for each gender and classes until the age of 5.Only upper and middle classes boys and some upper class girls were allowed to attend school, although only upper class boys could attend universities. In the lower grades, boys studied Latin grammar and vocabulary, in the upper grades, they read the poetry and prose of writers such as Ovid, Martial, and Catullus (all Latin writers). Most boys began an apprenticeship in a trade following grammar school. Sons of nobility attended the university or the Inns of Court. Inns of Court is an organization for people who is studying to be lawyer or to get a job that is related to law. We can see that the difference between Educations based on classes were very big.  =Education-Before School - All Classes and Gender=  Before the boys and some girls enter the school, they got under their parents, housekeepers or governor's tutelage for basic education . They also learned their religion, which is Catholic or Protestantism. Studednts learned not only those things, but also basic educations such as: -Respect their parents -Table Manners (correct behavior, using knife and napkin, eating properly) -Prayer

Even low class boys and girls got basic education. However, learned that they were born to serve men, and the low class boys learned the skill of their fathers (that their father have. They used the the skills from their parents to survive for rest of their life. ( [|source1] ) = = =Upper Class and Middle Class-Boys=  During the Elizabethan Era, upper class boys were very well-educated, but middle class boys were also educated. After their home-education, boys attended school. The upper class boys and middle class boys had to go to the petty school or grammar school, depending on the boys’ age, between 6:00 am to 7:00 am until 5:30 pm. During school times, the boys usually learn subjects such as: -Latin -Literature (classical authors, dramatists) -Greek -Religion(Catholic and Protestant) -Arithmetic  They also learned other minor subjects such as theology, astrology, mathematics, and dramas. Since the theatre have been flourished during the Elizabethan Era. This has been proved because high class people also have enjoyed the plays, especially made from Shakespeare even though plays are for low class people. Thus the drama has also been added to be crucial thing to the Elizabethan society.([|source4]) Also, theology was the most important subject to the school since during the Elizabethan Era, the country was mostly reigned by Roman Catholic, and most citizens were Roman Catholics(if you see the history, sometimes Protestant takes place of Roman Catholic), school thought it was significant to teach about bible after the teachings in home. =Upper Class - Girls=  Some upper class girls were also educated mostly by tutors. The upper class girls learned some subjects which boys also learned, such as: -Language(such as Latin, Greek, French, Italian) -Dance and Music -Manners and etiquette -Riding and Archery(sometimes). However, for girls, the purpose of learning these things was to get good social relationship, be a good women, have a good social status and life, Some upper class girls also got education that boys got, but like other countries those days, girls'education was limited. Firstly, they could not attend schools and universities. They also could not become doctors or lawyers becasue at the first place women was not educated purely for knowledge, but for social life. They could not get jobs like that, but they could be a teacher.( [|source3] )

=University= After being taught in the school, educated boys attend universities at the age of 14. There are many subjects, but the well known subjects were: -The University Faculty of the Arts(Literatures and others too) -The University Faculty of the Liberal Arts(Math, Astronomy, Music, Grammar, Logic) -The University Faculty of Theology -The University of Medicine(study of medicines and medical texts) -The University Faculty of Law Some upper class boys went to other countries such as France or cities for additional education after university. ( [|source2] )