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The day passes profitably: Robert Raikes and the Sunday school movement
13 May 202313 May 2023

The day passes profitably: Robert Raikes and the Sunday school movement

Essays by Harley Richardson0 comments

An essay about the role played by the Sunday school movement in widening access to education in England and beyond. For more on the advance of mass education during the 18th and 19th centuries, look out for my chapter on the subject in the forthcoming History of Education (Routledge). Trouble on the Sabbath By the latter half of the 18th […]

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