Medieval learning was really advanced.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When learning was monopolized by the monks in the Middle Ages, people specialized only in warfare and statecraft. And even these were not altogether free from the scholastic influence.
I had had a classical education prior to that.
It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment.
Personally I believe that the courses we followed for some years after World War II were enlightened, surprisingly imaginative and extremely effective.
Love of learning led to monasteries, which became the cradle of academic guilds.
I loved studying the Medieval world; that's why I love 'Game of Thrones.'
Our approach to education has remained largely unchanged since the Renaissance: From middle school through college, most teaching is done by an instructor lecturing to a room full of students, only some of them paying attention.
If you look at any ancient civilization, they've all used fantasy stories to train the young.
It is good to learn from the ancients. I'm a bit of an ancient myself. They had a lot of time to think about architecture and landscape.
I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.