Curricula - 18th Century

Illustration of the curriculum at a Jesuit Secondary School (1756)

[Typical Curriculum of a Jesuit Secondary School in the Eighteenth Century]

This engraving illustrates the wide variety of subjects taught in Jesuit secondary schools. Jesuits are shown instructing students in religion, language and literature, geography, music and dancing, and the use of arms. From Acto academic, con que los colegiales del imperial, y real seminario de nobles de Cordelles, que en Barcelona está baxo la direccion de la Compañia de Jesus, manifestaronlos progressos, que han hecho en las buenas letras, y exercicios proprios de un caballero…(Barcelona, 1756)