The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ociated with plays depicting scenesfrom the Bible were very popu-lar, and revelry consisted usu-ally in parodying the mass orother religious rites, in bring-ing a donkey into the churchchoir, or throwing dice uponthe high altar. Grotesquecarving in the churches some-times perpetuates to this day aclerical jesters attempts to make his associates of the people of England could read during thisperiod, but the age saw a marked advance in education,for in it appear the universities. They were a naturalgrowth. Books we
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . ociated with plays depicting scenesfrom the Bible were very popu-lar, and revelry consisted usu-ally in parodying the mass orother religious rites, in bring-ing a donkey into the churchchoir, or throwing dice uponthe high altar. Grotesquecarving in the churches some-times perpetuates to this day aclerical jesters attempts to make his associates of the people of England could read during thisperiod, but the age saw a marked advance in education,for in it appear the universities. They were a naturalgrowth. Books were few and dear, and those wishingto learn were obligedto sit at the feetof somelivingteacherof reputation likeAbelard. A centralplace like Paris hadmany teachers. Theterm university (iini-versifas) means onlya corporation or guild,and at Paris the mas-ters formed such a university or society, which in timegained the control of the conditions on which the bishopschancellor might grant a license to teach. The students The rise of ^^ Book-case with chained books, HerefordCathedral. 166 THE BRITISH NATION
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