Medieval Education Medieval Education in England wasthe preserve of the rich. Education in MedievalEngland had to be paid for and medieval peasantscould not have hoped to have afforded the fees. When William I conqueredEngland in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings, hetook over a country where very few were educated– including the wealthy. The most educated people were those who worked in thechurch but many who worked in the monasteries hadtaken a vow of isolation and their work remained isolated with them. As Medieval England developed sodid the need for a more educated population– especially