The School of the French Revolution: A Documentary History of the College of Louis-Le-Grand and Its Director, Jean-Fran?ois Champagne, 1762-1814

by R.R. Palmer

Book Overview

The College of Louis-le-Grand, now the premier lyc e of France, is the only school with a connected history of education from the ancien r gime to modern times. It was the only school never to close during the French Revolution, and its experience offers a new perspective on the fate of educational institutions in times of revolutionary change. In this book a noted historian describes the French college of the ancien r gime and tells how it withstood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691052298
• ISBN13: 9780691052298
• Release Date: July 1975
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.