A F Leach: 2 books

In this influential 1915 work of historical scholarship, Leach challenges the then widely held view that Edward VI founded most of the country’s better-known schools. Instead, he claims, British education had its roots in the medieval period—this book revolutionized a nation’s view of its own long history.

Originally published 1915. This reprints the edition of 1969. When originally published this volume was the first history of English schools before the Reformation, reckoned from the accession of Edward VI.