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Chapter 22 Religious Academy
With printing technology, books have to be printed, and people have to read them. This is the transmission of knowledge.

You spread knowledge, education is the fastest way.And if you train officials, lawyers, etc., these are occupations that require the ability to read and write, so you must have educational institutions to be responsible for training them.

Medieval education was monopolized by the Church.In order to train monks, the church established monastery schools in local areas and bishop schools in dioceses. After the rise of Western European cities in the 11th century, due to the development of handicrafts and commerce and the struggle of cities against lords, there was an urgent need for talents who could read, write, and have all kinds of knowledge.The original monastery schools were far from meeting the needs of social development.So starting from the 11th century, handicraft guilds and merchant guilds in some cities, as well as municipal authorities, broke the centuries-old monopoly of the church on education and spontaneously established secular schools.According to the needs of urban production, exchange and social life, the school offers courses in grammar and computing to cultivate talents in all aspects.

中世纪的大学从14岁就开始基础课程，6年的学习时间到20岁取得学士学位。之后的5年学习医学和法学。取得艺术学硕士后，才能学习医学。6学年后才能取得医学博士。最后才是学习最为高深的神学。一般再需要15-16年学习完整个课程。所以一般能进入大学学习的学生在漫长的时间中都需要家庭亲人的经济资助，非普通人能担负起的一笔费用。

Education in Dobroga has a history of more than 2000 years, and organized educational institutions appeared in ancient Dacia and Greek settlements on the coast of the Black Sea in BC.After that it was discarded.

Peter came to a monastery-like place, where someone was already waiting for him.

"My lord, may God bless you."

"God bless you!"

The man with whom Peter was talking was named Nicholas, a monk and the head of the academy.

As a former province of the Roman Empire, the people of Wallachia and Dobroja believed in Christianity earlier.After the great split between the Eastern and Western churches, this place is consistent with Constantinople and believes in the Orthodox Church.Many Orthodox churches were built in the late 13th century.Some churches also display Romanesque architecture.Some were also painted with pious iconography depicting the founder of the church.

After the capture of Dobroga, the bishop here expressed his loyalty to Peter immediately.And Peter didn't make it difficult for them. You must know that even the Orthodox Church, which obeys the lord's orders, cannot be underestimated.

During this period, the church mastered most of the knowledge.Although the Orthodox bishop cannot call the wind and rain like the Catholic Church, churches and monasteries also partially help the economic development.

When Peter first arrived in Dobroja, the population here was still very sparse.There is only one small church and a few monasteries. Although the Dobroga autocracy is working hard to develop, its focus is still on the capital Varna.

After Peter became the lord here, its population soared.This also increased the number of believers in the church, because the immigrants who came here were all from the Balkans and Moldova, and they were all Orthodox Christians.

The former chapel in Constanta has been extended and construction is underway in other towns.But all of this is bound to Peter.These bishops did not have the guts to confront the lord, because the entire church obeyed the lord or the emperor.

And Peter made a deal with the church.Peter can fund the repair of the church for the church, and the church needs some people to join a college he built for teaching.There is also a room for use as a library.

The bishop was puzzled by Peter's actions, he did not know why the lord did it.The only self-convincing answer is to train more officials and artists.

"Your Highness, the expansion of the college has been completed, and more people will come to this college to study in the future."

The current college has three disciplines: theology, literature, and medicine, and the number of students is about 100.Don't think it's too little, this is already the most resources this place can provide.

In order to find books, Peter also has a headache.He asked the Chamber of Commerce to keep an eye out for opportunities to sell books when doing business, and bought some books from Shinra and Trebizond.

Of course, Peter also obtained some books from the Golden Horde, such as the "Book of Medicine" and "Healing" by the famous Persian medical scientist Avicenna, the "Book of Optics" by the Arab scientist Haishmu, and the books of Jabir and Kendi. , Biruni, Ibn Khaler and other works of famous scientists.Since the Middle East is in troubled times, these books are sold by others for money.This also let Peter pick up the leak.

Now all the people studying in the college are translating these books and manuscripts purchased from abroad. This workload is huge, which is why the college has expanded its enrollment.

Among the recruited scholars, Constantinople has the most scholars.Because their mayor of Junbao couldn't resist Ottoman, and had to give them a confession, and their own income was limited, so their salary was not so much or they could find their own way.After all, it's all about money.

Some Greek scholars came to Dobroga, and they found that the lords here were too kind to intellectuals.Not only can there be enough money to take, but also support various academic research.

Isn't this enough? If survival is guaranteed, research can be carried out.What's more, when they came out of Junbao, they also took a lot of manuscripts from the Greco-Roman period.It can be used for publicity and research.

After receiving the news that the expansion of the college was completed, Peter asked Bishop Dobroga next to him.

"Bishop, what about the new immigrants?"

"Your Highness, they are all poor people who don't want to live under the hands of pagans, and now they are here. It's like a lost lamb returning home."

The bishop talked about the situation endlessly, and Peter listened quietly.Now Dobroga Orthodox Christians are in the absolute majority, and if Ottoman invades, then the greatest strength can be gathered.

In addition to religion, most of the immigrants here are also very profitable.They don't have to worry about it every day, they just do their own business honestly.For the invasion, I believe they can also share the same hatred.

(End of this chapter)