Chapter 18 Flashcards
Who was educated under Napoleon’s consulate?
Not everyone
Ecole populaire: majority attended primary schools run locally
Lycees: secondary school for boys from property owning classes
What was education supposed to provide the nation with under Napoleon’s consulate?
Local gov: civilian offices & administrators
Loyal, disciplined army
How did Napoleon aid the idea of fraternity through education reforms?
Fraternity: bind nation together)
Gov to take direct central control over provision
What was the Imperial University?
1808
Prime uni in France
Central control: regulated all lycees & colleges
A durable institution
How did Napoleon’s Imperial University treat teachers?
Trained
Sanctioned secondary schools
Total obedience:
Teachers oath of loyalty
Petty restriction, i.e. prison for Paris trip w/o permission
How many lycees were there?
What was their main purpose?
Initially 37, eventually 40
Est 1802
Militarised secondary schools
How were lycees (secondary schools) standardised/common?
Gov appointed teachers
Common syllabus from identical textbooks
No room for freedom of expression
If some rich boys weren’t sent to the lycees, where could they go?
An expensive private church school
Since when had there been conflict with the Catholic church?
Since 1790
What was Catholicism equal/congruent with?
What did this mean Catholic support from Napoleon equal to?
Monarchism
Strengthened stability
What did Napoleon acknowledge the power of religion as?
A social bond
Reason for social hierarchy
Why could Napoleon not ignore the public support for Catholicism?
Recovery of public Catholic worship under the Directory
Needed public support
What was the Concordat?
Agreement with the pope (Catholic church)
July 1801
What was the Concordat similar to?
The Civil Const of the Clergy
Controversial but not betraying rev
How did the Concordat create a state controlled church & clergy?
Confirms end of church & state separation
Clergy become civil servants:
Payed by state
Appointed by gov
Oath
