Absolutism and the eighteenth-century origins of compulsory schooling in Prussia and Austria
By: James Van Horn Melton.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Education -- Austria -- History -- 18th century.; Education, Compulsory -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century.; Education, Compulsory -- Austria -- History -- 18th century.; Despotism -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century.; Pietism -- Germany -- Prussia -- History -- 18th century.
Other titles: Absolutism and the 18th-century origins of compulsory schooling in Prussia and Austria.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 240-254.
Revision of thesis (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 1982) originally presented under title: Pedagogues and princes.
Includes index.