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Education Bills of the Committee of Public Instruction of the French Revolution

  • Korean Review of French History
  • Abbr : KRFH
  • 2013, (29), pp.57~90
  • Publisher : KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

Kihyung Song 1

1건국대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This article explores the meaning and function of the Education Bills, which had been presented to the National Assembly from 1791 to 1795, such as Talleyrand’s bill, Condorcet’s bill, Lanthenas’s bill, Lakanal’s bill, Romme’s bill, the decree of frimaire, the legislation of brumaire(an III) and the decree of brumaire(an IV). The following three conclusions are drawn from this research. First, the evolution of Education bills is similar to the course of the Revolution. The Revolution did not stop radicalizing. The Terror and the revolutionary government were the height of this radicalization (Romme’s bill). The Revolution became conservative and reactionary after the coup d’Etat of thermidor(the decree of brumaire). Secondly, the fact that Lakanal’s bill and the decree of frimaire don’t correspond to the general trend can be explained taking into consideration not only the conflict and compromise between clans but also the personal relations between deputies. Thirdly, the ecclesiastics, who had monopolized the education more than a thousand years and did not want to renounce their monopoly, interfered with the organization of public instruction, frustrating its attempt to renovate education. This article ends with the conclusion that the education bills did fail. But, thanks to the seeds sown by these bills, true public instruction was organized about 100 years later.

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