A school for girls in Windsor.(Articles) From: Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2005 Associated University Presses. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

By James I's reign, as the nobility, gentry, and well-to-do middle classes increasingly felt the need to educate their daughters in certain accomplishments of polite society, one begins to find references to schools established for this purpose, particularly in the neighborhood of London. One of the earliest references is to the Ladies' Hall at Deptford in 1617. These schools seem to have been often run by married women. The curriculum could include reading, writing, music, dancing, needlework, and, especially after Charles I's marriage to Princess Henrietta Maria, French. Other ...