Disciplines
Educational Sciences (30%); History, Archaeology (40%); Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (30%)
Keywords
Austrian History,
History of Education,
University History,
History of Science,
Source Edition,
Neoabsolutismus
Abstract
Leo Thun-Hohenstein was the first Minister of Education and Cultus of the Habsburg Empire.
He was in office from 1849 until his demission in 1860 and implemented a radical reform of
the Austrian educational system. As head of the Ministry of Education he transformed the
Austrian universities into modern institutions of both research and teaching and reformed
the Gymnasia profoundly. This book publishes for the first-time private letters from and to
Leo Thun of this period. The correspondence allows us to look behind-the-scenes of the
politics of his era and to analyze the planning and implementation of the different reform
steps. The book contains a detailed introduction to the life and work of Leo Thun-
Hohenstein.