Chapter XIII
General System of German Education.—Glance at the progress of popular Education, from the ancient Nations and Times down to the present—Popular Folks’-schools of the Middle Ages—Gerbardus Magnus—his Institution at Deventer—his ideas followed out by Montaigne, Bacon, etc.—the Burger class erect Schools—the Reformation—School of Conrad Celtes, for the restoration of Classical antiquity—Services of Erasmus, Reuchlin, Dalberg, Agricola, Pirkheimer, etc.—the origin of the plans of Pestalozzi to be found in the writings of Ratich and Comenius—Services of Fenelon, Spencer, and Franke—Improvements by Ziedler, Hein, and Sulzer—Influence of Locke, Rousseau, Crousatz, in developing the modern School-systems—Description of the German School-system, and what is taught in each class of Schools, viz. the Elementary, or Proper Folks’-Schools; the Real Schools, called also Middle Schools, Higher Burger Schools, etc; the Gymnasia; the Universities