ABSTRACT
The children of the nobility and landed classes received a vocational education which fitted them for social and military leadership and for the management of the estates of land they would eventually inherit. Until the age of seven the children would be educated at home. They would be taught to read with the help of a Primer or ABC book, and also led into the ways and practices of religion. They would be introduced to the moral standards expected of them by society, and taught courtesy, manners, and obedience to their elders. From the age of about seven, it was common for both boys and girls to be boarded out in the household of some lord or lady, or in a nunnery, where this early education was extended and reinforced together with additions appropriate to the sex of the child.
