The Thun-Hohenstein reform and the Lombardy-Venetian ginnasi. Aspects and problems

Simonetta Polenghi and Valentina Chierichetti contribute an essay on the reform of the ginnasi in Lombardy-Venetia. The inclusion of this topic allows a comprehensive view of the special situation and starting point of the reforms of the educational system in Lombardy-Venetia. It can be seen especially clearly here the extent to which considerations of educational policy were influenced by general political ideas and just how much the educational reform in Lombardy-Venetia was displaced by national and political goals, and thus met with strong resistance. An especially interesting constellation arose in Lombardy-Venetia also from the fact that after the unification of Italy another reform was carried out and in this context the Thunian Reforms were indeed once again seen in a positive light.