Abstract

This image shows a schoolmaster greeting a new student. In addition to the famous Latin schools, which prepared young men for the university, Germany’s cities and towns were home to hundreds, if not thousands, of small schools such as this one, where the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught.

A School in the Schoolmaster’s Apartment (16th Century)

Source

Source: Angular school in the home of a schoolmaster - a new pupil is introduced. Woodcut, 16th century.
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Recommended Citation

A School in the Schoolmaster’s Apartment (16th Century), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3257> [April 21, 2025].

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