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2 unusual facts about Falloux Laws


Falloux Laws

The Falloux Laws were voted during the French Second Republic and promulgated on 15 March 1850 and in 1851, following the presidential election of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte in December 1848 and the May 1849 legislative elections that gave a majority to the conservative Parti de l'Ordre.

But these ones gave an absolute majority to the conservative Parti de l'Ordre, mainly composed of Catholic monarchists, whether Orleanists or Legitimists, such as Falloux who was elected deputy.


Education in France

These mirrored the "laws of "compulsory education and attendance" being passed in Britain and various states of the United States. With these laws, known as Jules Ferry laws, and several others, the Third Republic repealed most of the "Falloux Laws" of 1850–1851, which gave an important role to the clergy, reducing their earlier role in the teachings in public schools.


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