Literacy in Early Modern Europe: Culture and Education 1500-1800

Contents:
Introduction -- The world of the school: Types of school -- Elementary schools -- secondary schools -- Where were the schools? -- National literacy campaigns -- Who went to school? -- Ways of teaching : Teaching materials -- Teaching methods -- Schoolmasters -- Schoolmistresses -- Higher education : Universities -- Who went to university? -- Ways of learning : Outside the school -- Desire for learning -- Limitations -- Sources and measures of literacy : Indirect measures -- Direct measures -- Profiles of literacy : Rich and poor -- Men and women -- Town and country -- Old and young -- Catholic and Protestant -- Change -- The world of the book : Book production -- Censorship -- Book distribution -- Newspapers -- Broadsheets and chapbooks -- The cost of books -- Book ownership -- Book readership -- Understanding -- Language and culture : Communication -- Innovation -- Oral culture -- Conclusion.