What were the levels of education in middle ages?

Answer 1

AnswerThere were no levels of education. 90% of the people did not know how to read or write. Some highborn and church could read, but the population could not. AnswerWestern Europe:

The early academic degrees developed during the Middle Ages. The first medieval university was founded in 1088 in Bologna from a more informal school that already existed, though this was a final step in an evolution that had gone on for centuries. The idea of a progression of academic degrees was further refined after the Middle Ages ended, but it was clearly in evidence in a rudimentary form by the time the Late Middle Ages had begun, about the year 1300.

The term "doctor" dates back to Roman times, when it meant "teacher." During the Middle Ages, when the doctor's degree was a licence to teach, it became a matter of contention between the church and the universities. The first university to grant it on a secular basis was the University of Paris in 1213. Doctor's degrees had been being granted in collaboration with the church for over a hundred years at that point. But during that time it had become increasingly evident that degrees had to be granted in law, medicine, and other areas of education.

During the High Middle Ages, the title of master was originally an indication of acceptance into the teachers' guild, and was not regarded as beneath the level of the doctorate. In the Late Middle Ages it, too, was taken over by the universities.

A bachelor was originally a squire, who was an apprentice to a knight. In the university setting, it referred to a person who was accepted as an apprentice educator, a step on the way to becoming a master. This step was called a graduation. Like the higher degrees, The Bachelor's degree originated in the Middle Ages.

Schools for primary education had been popping up all over Europe throughout much of the middle ages, after the last decade of the sixth century. Today there are over forty schools in the UK alone that date to, and survive from, the medieval period. The oldest six of these date to the sixth and seventh centuries, and the oldest state run school dates to the year 700. Alfred the Great, who reigned from 871 to 899, introduced education in the English language, set a stated goal of educating all ordinary people who could be educated, and started a program of translating great books into English for the ordinary people to read. This must have been an impressive and expensive endeavour, because books were so expensive even the lesser nobility did not commonly own them. Needless to say, funding for education diminished during following reigns.

Byzantine Empire:

The Byzantine system of education was founded in 425 and continued to operated until 1453. It provided primary education at the village level. Students who were able could go on to universities, such as the University of Constantinople, also founded in 425 and operating to 1453. The standards and levels of education were different from those in the West, and the Byzantine universities did not grant the western degrees, which is why Byzantine universities are typically not on the lists of the earliest universities.