The diffusion of the public instruction law (1795) in the annexed territories during the French revolution

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26381012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education
• Research Institution: Saitama University
• Principal Investigator: KOBAYASHI Ako 埼玉大学, 人文社会科学研究科, 教授 (90225491)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: フランス革命 / 公教育 / 総裁政府 / 革命戦争 / 併合地 / 姉妹共和国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims at delighting the operating process and the diffusion of the public instruction law (1795) in the annexed territories and sister republic (republique soeur) during the war of the French revolution by analyzing previously unused manuscripts sources of the National Archives of France (Archives Nationales, Paris). Through closed examination of these historical sources, this research revealed the appropriation of the public instruction law by students and their parents and the support by savants in these territories who were influenced by the mouvement of the Enlightenment( Lumiere ).

Free Research Field

歴史学 ・ 教育史