Jesuit Schools and Universities in Europe 1548–1773

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ID23157392
AuthorsPaul F Grendler (University of Toronto, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume1
Issue1
Pages1-118
Publication date2019-10-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2589-7446 • E-ISSN: 2589-7454
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/25897454-12340001
OpenAlexW2910466732
ISBN9789004391123
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited18

Paul F. Grendler, noted historian of European education, surveys Jesuit schools and universities throughout Europe from the first school founded in 1548 to the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773. The Jesuits were famed educators who founded and operated an international network of schools and universities that enrolled students from the age of eight or ten through doctoral studies. The essay analyzes the organization, curriculum, pedagogy, culture, financing, relations with civil authorities, enrollments, and social composition of students in Jesuit pre-university schools. Grendler then examines the different forms of Jesuit universities. The Jesuits did almost all the teaching in small collegiate universities that they governed. In large civic–Jesuit universities the Jesuits taught the humanities, philosophy, and theology, while lay professors taught law and medicine. The article provides examples ranging from the first Jesuit school in Messina, Sicily, to universities across Europe. It features a complete list of Jesuit schools in France.

Art · Curriculum · Humanities · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Early Modern Women Writers · European Political History Analysis · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

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