About this book
L'Instruction Publique en France et en Italie au dix-neuvième siècle by Charles Dejob illuminates how Napoléon Ier transformed public education, from his lycées de jeunes filles in Italy to the evolution of free higher education in France. This engaging historical study surveys early-19th-century educational reform, mixing institutional analysis with cultural context: Dejob chronicles Napoleonic reorganization of Italian instruction, the founding and regulations of girls’ colleges in Milan, Bologna, Naples, Verona and Lodi, and the personalities who ran them. He juxtaposes these Italian initiatives with developments in French higher education—the rise of enseignement supérieur libre, debates over public lectures, and figures such as Villemain at the Sorbonne—while addressing editions and schoolbooks that shaped curricula.
Themes of pedagogy, gender, national identity and cultural exchange run throughout, set against the upheavals of the Revolution, the Empire and the Restoration. Dejob’s archival detail and vivid descriptions make complex reforms accessible to modern listeners. Ideal for students of history, educational policy, Napoleonic studies, gender and cultural historians, or anyone curious about how schooling helped remake Europe, this audiobook offers a concise, authoritative account of 19th-century instruction in France and Italy.
