3. Was the evolution of the school-teacher out of the copyist at Ratisbon (55), by a specialization of labor, analogous to the process in more modern times?
4. Explain the mediaeval belief in the effectiveness to protect books from theft of such anathemas as are reproduced in 58.
5. What do the selections from Bede (59 a-c) indicate as to the preservation of the old learning in the cities of southern Italy? What as to the condition of learning and teaching in England in Bede's day?
6. What is the status of education indicated by the selections from Alcuin, on the cathedral school at York (60) and the palace school instruction of Pepin (62)?
7. What was the condition of learning among the higher clergy and monks as shown by Charlemagne's proclamations (64)?
8. What was the extent of the destruction wrought by the Danes in England, as indicated by King Alfred's Introduction to Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care (66), and his efforts to obtain scholars from abroad (67)?
9. What was the character of the education King Alfred provided for his son (68)?
10. Study out the plan of the monastery of Saint Gall (69), and enumerate the various activities of such a center.
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