IV. EDUCATION FROM THE RISE OF PROTESTANTISM TO THE A HISTORY OF EDUCATION INTRODUCTION DEFINITION.—The history of education is a record of what has been thought and done in all ages and countries in reference to the training of the young. It sets forth the principles and methods that have prevailed at various periods and in different lands. It gives an account of the prominent educators whose theories and achievements. have exerted a noteworthy influence upon educational development. It includes an inquiry, into the social, religious, and political conditions that have determined the peculiar forms of education, and traces the line of educational progress from its humble beginnings down to the precious heritage of the present. RELATION TO GENERAL HISTORY.-The history of education is a special department of general history. Education stands in close relation to the civilization of a people, and may be regarded, at the same time, both as an effect and a cause. In setting forth the influences that determine the character of education in any country, educational history becomes to some extent a philosophy of history in general. As such it is a profound study. “The education of a people," says Dr. Henry Barnard, “bears a constant and most preeminently influential relation to its attainments and excellences-physical, mental, and moral. The national education is at once a cause and an |