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    THE

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    Vol. V. June 1, 1860. No. 28.

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    XXXII—EDUCATION" IN FRANCE.

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    *•»- . ; No. I.

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    The

    THE

    ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .

    PUBLISHED MONTHLY .

    Vol. V. June 1, 1860. No. 28.

    Vol . V . June 1 , 1860 . No . 28 .

    Xxxii—Education" In France.

    XXXII—EDUCATION" IN FRANCE .

    *•»- . ; No. I.

    _*•» - . ; No . I .

    While tlie all-important subject of Education is exciting every year the nature a more and general working attention of the in Educational our own country System , soine . of France account may of

    perhap Woman s ' s be Journ not al without ; " and , interest in order for to the judge readers more of correctl the " y Eng of lish the in the

    first progress lace accomp recap li itulat shed e of the late history years of by Education our neighbours in Fr , ance let , us from , the

    decline p of , the Roman Empire to the present day . The commotions caused by the irruption of the Northern Hordes

    into Gaul were necessarily unfavorable to the perpetuation of the centres of instruction previouslestablished ; and from that period

    until the Renaissance , monasteries y were the principal conservatories of science and letters , and priests almost the only teachers . From

    their earliest foundation the monasteries made themselves the instructors of the poor in their vicinity ; and what little learning fell

    monks to the . share But of the the x latter _^ _olitica was _-l _aiid due social exclusivel troubles y to of the the efforts time , of which the

    combined to restrict the education of all classes within very narrow limits Not , rendered however that that of this the long lower period orders of almost conflict null presents . a uniform

    show aspect lit , with tle trace regard , of to the education existence ; of for , organised while its schools stormiest , periods phases of

    comparative tranquillity were always marked by a renewal of the endeavors of the monks to impart instruction to all who sought for

    it . Thus , during the reign of Charlemagne , —at whose request tlie learned English churchmanAlcuinleft the court of King Alfred ,

    and came to Francewhere , he took a , leading part in the foundation of the University of , Paris and other important centres of learning ,

    —the development of the monastic schools reached a point which fills us with astonishment at the present day ; - one of the ordinances of

    his " Schools reign _( sh Cap all itul be . _Aus established _., Book v for ., p teaching . 95 ) providing children as to follows read ; : we

    will . that such schools be created in all _Bishops' houses and monasteries , for teaching tlie psalins , singing , counting , these and grammar shall ;

    be and justl we y order punished that those by fasting who shall or other neglect chastisement to learn . ' things VOL , V . Q

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/1/