“ΙστορΙΙΕς του ΙΙΕ” new podcast: Writing and craftmanship. The practice of matheteia in Venetian Crete

In this podcast, Eleutherios Despotakis, Researcher in the Institute of Historical Research, talks about the practice of matheteia, training, in Venetian Crete, during the late medieval period (14th-15th centuries). What exactly was the practice of matheteia? What was the relationship between matheteia and the society of Chandax (modern Herakleion)? Did girls learn to read and write? Who were the teachers and how were they paid?

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