Chapter XIX

THE RED AND WHITE ROSES.--A.D. 1386 TO 1494.

Foundations of Wykeham, Waynflete, and Henry VI. Education provided
for all classes by colleges and hospitals. Details concerning the
real character of these institutions from their statutes. Other
schools kept up by religious houses. Ancient English religious
poetry, with specimens. English book-collectors. Humphrey of
Gloucester and Abbot Whethamstede. London schools. William Caxton
as the representative of an educated London citizen of the
fifteenth century. His life and works. 569