Falloux LawFrench history [1850]

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  • role of Dupanloup ( in Dupanloup, Félix-Antoine-Philibert )

    ...seminary of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet (1837–45), he attracted many lay students. He was prominent in the struggle for educational freedom under the July Monarchy and was an architect of the Falloux Law (1850), which gave legal status to independent secondary schools. While bishop of Orléans (consecrated 1849), and as a member of the French Academy (elected 1854), he helped...

  • sponsorship by Falloux ( in Falloux, Frédéric-Alfred-Pierre, comte de )

    French political figure and monarchist who served in various political roles but is best remembered as the sponsor of the important educational legislation known as the loi Falloux.

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