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State policy in Irish education, A.D. 1536 to 1816, exemplified in documents collected for lectures to postgraduate classes with an Introduction

State policy in Irish education, A.D. 1536 to 1816, exemplified in documents collected for lectures to postgraduate classes with an Introduction

Corcoran, T.

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Gifts & Stationery GeneralGeneral ReferenceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353701678
ISBN13: 9789353701673
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 15 2019
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
How does a nation educate when power is contested? In Ireland, the classroom was a battleground. Documents speak; policy hardens fast. In State policy in Irish education, A.D. 1536 to 1816, T. Corcoran maps three centuries of Irish education history through a historical document collection assembled for postgraduate lecture materials and framed by a clarifying introduction. The result is a primary source anthology where proclamations, statutes, administrative papers and other records illuminate education policy history as it was argued, imposed and resisted. Read for the human stakes behind policy: state control of schooling, the shifting balance of church and education, and the long shadow of British rule in Ireland on local communities and learning. Spanning early modern Ireland into the revolutionary age, this 1536-1816 Ireland record helps you trace how governance, religion and language shaped access to schooling and the making of citizens. It stands as a significant witness to how schooling became an instrument of government, and how debates over patronage, doctrine and funding travelled from council chambers to parish schools with consequences still felt in Ireland. For academic research reference, it offers a grounded pathway into Irish political history; for curious general readers, it is a direct, documentary route into the past; and for classic-literature collectors, a sober, enduring cornerstone of the historical shelf. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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