Where did people in the middle ages learn to read and write?

Answer 1

it honestly depends on the class of the child if the child was of a serf they would be masters property and therefor would learn how to be a squire. if it was the masters child and a boy it would learn how to be a knight. if it was masters child and girl it would be under the mothers care and tought how to be a respectable young lady and be brought up for marriage or if the family was weathly in that age it would be called earl so if the family had a good amount of money they could send the girl to a nunenry where they would learn reading writing and how to manage farms and several things, if it was a serfs child and girl it would learn how to clean and read or write most didnt learn as the master would forbid it but it all depends on the master in that case hope this helped

Answer 2

For most of the early and high middle ages there was very little literacy outside of the church. Most people who could read and write received their education from a church member, possibly in a church organization like a monastery. Some children were raised in monasteries from the age of 7 or 8, and not all remained to become monks. The children of the upper classes in some cases may have alternately received tutoring from an education person, most likely a clergyman, at home, but even among the aristocracy illiteracy was common.

As towns and cities grew in the latter half of the middle ages a small literate population of laymen did grow outside of the church. This was still among the financially well off, as education was not free and could only be afforded by the upper classes of the new urban centers. A major force behind this was the need for literacy in business, so the sons of successful merchants might receive a grammar school education, as would anyone who was bound for a university. Scriveners sprang up in larger urban centers, and while their numbers were never large there was a growing number of non-clerical professionals dealing with producing documents and books. Books remained very expensive until the development of printing, but in major urban centers secular booksellers began to appear in the High Middle Ages. There were enough literate people among the urban wealthy to support a limited trade in books.

Answer 3

Same way people learn today, but 90% of the population didn't know how to read or write.

Answer 4

They went to school.

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Answer 5

i think people learn from the church