Revolution and Reprisal
Bavarian Schoolteachers in the 1848 Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9883389 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven R Welch (The University of Melbourne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-57 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Education Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2680 • E-ISSN: 1748-5959 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1748-5959.2001.tb00073.x |
| OpenAlex | W2091034922 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
In 1851 the conservative journalist and social critic Wilhelm Riehl placed the blame for the revolutionary upheavals of 1848–49 in Germany on the Volksschullehrer , the elementary schoolteachers, who allegedly acted as the ringleaders of rebellion in their local communities. Riehl labeled the “perverse schoolmaster” as the “Mephisto” and “evil demon” who inspired the peasantry to rise against the established order. Riehl's diagnosis of the source of the revolutionary disease appeared quite plausible and convincing to the rulers of various German states who had long harbored the suspicion that dangerously pretentious, miseducated schoolteachers were, as a Bavarian government decree issued in 1829 put it, “spreading mistaken doctrines and erroneous political views among their pupils and in this way dripping the poison of partisan political struggles into the unprejudiced souls [of the young].”
Blame · Decree · Demon · Epistemology · German · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |