CATHEDRAL SCHOOL

The first 'cathedral schools' originated in the Early Middle Ages, they were run by the cathedral clergy and typically had fewer than 100 students. At first they generally functioned as seminaries to train future priests, but later accepted lay students. Often they would also teach members of the cathedral choir. During the High Middle Ages, in the context of the Renaissance of the 12th century, some of these schools developed into autonomous medieval Universities, while others remained under the control of the bishop or his chancellor.^[1] In Europe, important cathedral schools were located in Chartres, York, Orleans and Rheims.

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Cathedral schools around the world

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Cathedral schools around the world

United Kingdom

Among others:

★ The two King's schools at Canterbury and Rochester (originally cathedral schools);

★ St Paul's Cathedral;

★ Westminster

★ Chelmsford;

★ Wells;

★ Hereford

'United States'

Among others:

★ Allentown, Pennsylvania

★ Arlington, Virginia - St Thomas More Cathedral School

★ Kalamazoo, Michigan - St Augustine Cathedral School

★ Natchez, Mississippi

'Australia'

★ Sydney - St Andrew's

★ Sydney - St Mary's

'Denmark'

★ Ribe - Ribe katedralskole.

★ Katedralskolan, Lund

Notes

1. Richard W. Southern, "The Schools of Paris and the School of Chartres," pp. 113-137 in Robert L. Benson and Giles Constable, eds., ''Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century'', (Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Pr., 1982)

See also

★ List of choir schools

External links

★ Encyclopaedia Britannica article

★ A history of cathedral choir schools in England and Scotland