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Robert Grosseteste: The Role of Education in the Reform of Thirteenth Century English Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

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The thirteenth century was a period of centralization and reform in the Church, spearheaded by Pope Innocent III and the Lateran Council of 1215. This movement together with the rise of the universities led, among other things, to the encouragement of a new type of bishop—the scholar-bishop, a man who made a name for himself in the schools, and, as a result of his educational achievements, was called to an episcopal office.

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Copyright © 1965, University of Pittsburgh Press 

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