... wisdom, morality, and virtue. At the beginning of the Renaissance, humanist educators revived the study of the classics and humanities to help students attain salvation. Humanist educators rejected medieval scholasticism, a system of thought in which clerics applied reason to theological and philosophical questions. Humanists believed that the study of humanities was essential for the education of a good ... Anne Higginson wrote a letter that reflected the view that women's education consisted of reading and writing which were necessary skills for a woman to understand the scriptures, w...

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