Education et culture dans lOccident mdival

This second collection of articles by Pierre Rich is concerned with the cultural history of Western Europe in the early Middle Ages, from the end of Antiquity up to the 11th century. Their particular concern is the history of education, notably intellectual education in the monastic and episcopal schools that existed before the rise of the university. The first papers deal with the transition from the Roman to the medieval period and with the Carolingian renaissance of intellectual activity, and are followed by a section focusing on the works of Gerbert of Aurillac. The following articles study the techniques and theory of teaching, as well as attitudes towards childhood. Cette seconde collection darticles de Pierre Rich traite de lhistoire culturelle de lEurope occidentale au dbut du moyan ge, de la fin de lantiquit au 11e sicle. Ils concernent particulirement lhistoire de lducation, notamment celle pratiqe dans les coles monastiques et piscopales, dont lexistence prcdait lavnement de luniversit. Les premiers essais traitent de la transition entre la priode romaine et le moyen ge, et de la renaissance intellectuelle lpoque carolingienne; ils sont suivis dune section se concentrant sur les travaux de Gerbert dAurillac. Les articles suivants tudient les techniques et la thorie de lenseignement, ainsi que les attitudes vis vis de lenfance.