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‘School bij maanlicht’ of instrument van de Verlichting? Grieks onderwijs onder Osmaans bewind

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Abstract

Under Ottoman rule the Orthodox Christians were discriminated against in many ways. At the same time, they enjoyed cultural autonomy, enabling them to organize their own educational system. There were primary schools, most often accommodated in churches and monasteries, and secondary schools in separatebuildings. From the eighteenth century onward, an increasing number of the latter were financed by municipalities and rich merchants. There were also a few high schools, like the Patriarchal School in Constantinople and the Athonite. Although the level of instruction was usually low, some teachers were famous philosophers and mathematicians. The modernization of Greek education seems to have been hampered more by the church’s conservatism and distrust of new ideas originating in the Catholic West than by Ottoman restrictions.

How to Cite:

Detrez, R., (2019) “‘School bij maanlicht’ of instrument van de Verlichting? Grieks onderwijs onder Osmaans bewind”, Tetradio 28(1): 3, 51–74. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/tetradio.91881