Education and the French Revolution
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Education and the French Revolution
(Cambridge texts and studies in the history of education)
Cambridge University Press, 1969
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Note
"Bibliographical appendix": p. 252-259
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The French Revolution was the first of the great social upheavals which transformed European society; its effects on the French national educational system and its wider influence on education is obviously important. Little has been written on the topic and Professor Barnard offers a modern study. He begins with a survey of the educational system under the Ancien Regime and describes the criticisms and schemes of reform which had already been offered before the Revolution. Then follow accounts of the educational activities of the revolutionary assemblies and the individual institutions set up during the period. The story ends with an account of the lasting influence of these reforms. Throughout, Professor Barnard emphasises the importance of the concept of education as a fundamental civic right and the duty of the state to provide and regulate it. The book gives the student of the history of education, of social history and modern France a useful survey of a central topic.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. French education in the period immediately preceding the Revolution
- 2. Eighteenth-century criticisms of education under the Ancien Regime
- 3. Pre-Revolution projects for a national system of education
- 4. The States-General. The cahiers. Mirabeau's educational project
- 5. Talleyrand's report
- 6. The Legislative Assembly, Condorcet's report. The education of women
- 7. The Convention. The reports of Lanthenas and Romme
- 8. The Sieye's-Daunou-Lakanal report. National festivals. Lepelletier's project
- 9. Romme's report of 1793. The cult of the Supreme Being
- 10. L'Ecole Polytechnique. L'Ecole des Armes. L'Ecole de Mars
- 11. Ecoles de sante. The Museum. L'Ecole Normale. Other ecoles speciales
- 12. Lakanal's law on primary education. The central schools. The Daunou law of 1795
- 13. Independent schools under the Directory. Development of the central schools
- 14. The Consulate. The Chaptal report of 1800. The Fourcroy law of 1802
- 15. Educational influence of the Revolution. Napoleon and the Imperial University
- 16. Subsequent influence in France, England, the United States and Germany
- Appendices
- Index.
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