The Rise of Lay Education in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Europe

question 75

Multiple Choice

The rise of lay education in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Europe was important because through it:

• A) cathedral schools became the main centers of European education.
• B) the Bible was translated into the medieval forerunners of French, Italian, and German.
• C) the West was able to attain the best of Greek and Arabic thought and build on it.
• D) people were increasingly able to pursue nonreligious lines of inquiry, and Western culture ultimately became more independent of religion than other cultures.
• E) the emerging national governments obtained the needed bureaucrats for government work.

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