The Educational System of Saxony in the Age of Confessionalization and its Influence on the Territories of Central and Eastern Europe

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of the formation of the education system of Saxony in the era of Lutheran confessionalization. It is marked that Reformation leaders Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon in their works grounded the importance of education and called upon to develop schools. Their views were consolidated in the practice with series of evangelical school orders. It is concluded that the new educational system contributed to attract students from other European countries to Saxony and positively influenced the spread of Lutheranism in Central and Eastern Europe.