Medieval Schooling: How Literacy Shaped Middle‑Age Britain

This episode traces how monks, cathedral teachers and guild masters together produced the first organised schools in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and why literacy remained uneven across gender, class and geography. We examine the evidence from scriptoria, wax tablets, charter witnesses and private tutors to show how medieval education fed the legal, religious and commercial life of Britain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices