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... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > education in society and culture > history of education > trivium and quadrivium
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > education in society and culture > history of education > trivium and quadrivium

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trivium and quadrivium  

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  • During the medieval period, the seven liberal arts were divided into three verbal arts, or trivium, and four mathematical arts, called the quadrivium. The trivium is comprised of grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic, and the quadrivium consists of arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy. [Source: Encyclopedia ofthe Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Trivium and Quadrivium]

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