Effects of the Reformation

Education

• Because Protestants believed that people should read the Bible for themselves, it became necessary for people to be educated
• This meant that protestant schools were intended for a larger audience than just the elite.
• Protestant education was greatly influenced by the work of Renaissance Humanism
• Philip Melanchthon worked to increase access to education, and earned the title of Praecepter Germaniae, which means teacher of germany.
• Gymnasium: Secondary school
  • Introduced in Germany by Protestants
• One famous school was founded in Strasbourg by Johannes Sturm in 1538.
• John Calvin created the Genevan Academy in 1559:
  • Private School:
    • Students learn latin, greek, and logic
  • Public School
    • Students learn hebrew, philosophy, greek, and theology
  • Would eventually become a university focused on preparing people to spread the Gospel