The Changes in Student Numbers at the Jesuit Gymnasium of Pressburg in the 17th and 18th Centuries Cover Image

A pozsonyi jezsuita kollégium diáklétszám-változásai a 17–18. században
The Changes in Student Numbers at the Jesuit Gymnasium of Pressburg in the 17th and 18th Centuries

Author(s): Zsolt Kökényesi
Subject(s): 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont Történettudományi Intézet
Keywords: Jesuit; Pressburg [Bratislava/Pozsony]; early modern education

Summary/Abstract: The Jesuit Gymnasium of Pressburg [Bratislava/Pozsony], founded in 1626, was one of the first members in the Jesuit school network of the Kingdom of Hungary. The catholic Gymnasium in the capital of Hungary soon assumed not only regional but national importance, which was reflected by its catchment area and in the numbers of matriculations. Moreover, in the second third of the 18th century the Jesuit school of Pressburg (with its often more than 700 matriculation numbers a year) became the most attended Hungarian school, surpassing even the Gymnasium of Tyrnau [Trnava/Nagyszombat], which functioned near the only university in the Kingdom of Hungary. The purpose of this paper is to survey the changes in student numbers between 1650 and 1773. The paper approaches the subject from two perspectives: at first, it analysises the complete numbers of matriculations decade by decade, and then the changes in the scales of school grades.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 283-298
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Hungarian