Chapter II: Part II: Pagan Education

A. The General Prosperity of the Schools in the Fourth and
Fifth Centuries 39

B. _Inside the School_ 52

(i) The Substance and Methods of Primary Education 52

(ii) The Substance and Methods of Secondary Education 68

(iii) Control and Arrangement of the School 93

(_a_) Discipline in Primary and Secondary Schools 93

(_b_) Play 97

(_c_) Organization 102

C. _Outside the School_ 119

(i) Administrative and Social Conditions 119

(ii) Class Distinction and Education 124

(iii) The Teacher in Society 132

(iv) Imperial Protection 135

PART III. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

1. Introductory: Church and State 151

2. The Persistence of Rhetoric: Tradition and Reaction 157

3. The Rise of Christian Schools in Gaul 175

4. The Practice of Christian Education 180

PART IV. CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL IDEAS AND INFLUENCES

1. Moral Education 198

2. History 209

3. The Position of Greek 220

4. Art 231

PART V. THE DECLINE OF EDUCATION

1. Gallic Students Abroad 240

2. The Invaders 243

3. Ideals 249

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 262

INDEX 265