THE EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS OF HISTORICAL CONCEPTS IN FRANCE XVII-XVIII CENTURIES
M. A. Sidorenko
Keywords: the court society, the enlightened monarch, Louis XIV as a king-pedagogue, the well-bred person, new behavioral ideal
Pages: 138-145
Abstract
The author analyzes the interrelation between the French royal court of the Louis XIV epoch (1643-1715) and the processes of education and enlightenment of the French society (and the entire European society) of the Early modern period. One of the functions of the court society in the period of Louis XIV government, being a kind of a «cultural center», was to serve as an example for the nation. The leading part in these processes was played by Louis XIV himself, who can be named a king-pedagogue and can be included among the enlightened monarchs. Due to a consistent policy towards the court, the king was able to solve not only the problems of representation and domestication of the nobility but also the cultural and educational problems.
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