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[D. JOSÉ I]. REFORMA POMBALINA DO ENSINO — Estudos Menores, Latinidade e Colégios. Portugal, 1759–1772. - [D. JOSÉ I] REFORMA POMBALINA DO ENSINO — Estudos Menores, Latinidade e Colégios . 5 diplomas régios; Portugal, 1759–1772; Lisboa. A collection of five decrees documenting the educational reform promoted under the ministry of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, between 1759 and 1772. The expulsion of the Jesuits in 1759 had left a void in humanities education, which the Crown sought to fill through a system of royal schools financed by a specific tax, the literary subsidy, and regulated by the State. June 28, 1759 (King Joseph I) — Reforms the study of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages and the art of rhetoric; abolishes the Jesuit classes and schools; establishes the general reform of secondary education in the Kingdom; founding decree of royal education in Portugal. 11 Jan 1760 (D. José I) — Approves the interim measures of the Director General of Studies regarding the practice of Rhetoric and Grammar teachers; regulation of the appointment and supervision of royal teachers. December 1, 1767 (King Joseph I) — Declares and expands the Statutes of the College of Nobles, to remedy abuses that disturbed the good discipline of the establishment; regulation of the education of the noble elite. October 9, 1770 (King José I) — Forces teachers of Latin classes to instruct students in the Portuguese Grammar of Reis Lobato, abolishing the use of obsolete literary processes; imposition of a national method of teaching the language. August 5, 1772 (King Joseph I) — Establishes and expands the Minor Schools in the Kingdoms and all their Dominions, under the inspection of the Royal Censorship Board; creates a literary subsidy to finance teachers and professors. This collection covers the full arc of the reform: the abolition of Jesuit education, the creation of the royal teaching staff, the regulation of methods and manuals, and the consolidation of the funding system. Essential documentation for the study of the history of education in Portugal in the 18th century. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate