Sentence examples for centres of learning from inspiring English sources
The filid were often associated with monasteries, which were the centres of learning.
Throughout the early modern period, creative philosophy was sharply separated from formal centres of learning.
At a very early date the monasteries became centres of learning with a reputation that extended far outside Ireland.
The Irish monasteries with those in Clonmacnoise and Clonard among the most famous became notable centres of learning.
Despite their posh names, corporate universities are as much vehicles for propaganda as they are centres of learning.
As a student, he traveled to various centres of learning in Italy and in the eastern Mediterranean area.
Under the Saxon bishops and Alfred the Great (ruled 871 899), Winchester became a centre of learning.
It is a centre of learning for Sanskrit scholars and is both a pilgrimage and tourism centre.
Originally a university town, it is seen as progressive and a centre of learning throughout the country.
It had become an important centre of learning by the 9th century, and several books of annals were compiled there.
