# Falloux Law expands clerical role in education (1850)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1850-falloux-law-expands-clerical-role-in-education
Location: France

The law increased Catholic influence over secondary schooling. Within the broader Restoration, July Monarchy & Second Republic period, Post-Napoleonic France alternated between restored monarchy, constitutional reform and revolution. Industrialization, colonial expansion and new social movements culminated in the democratic upheaval of 1848. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (President of the French Republic). Falloux Law expands clerical role in education mattered because cultural and intellectual institutions helped shape French identity and France’s influence beyond its borders. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Falloux Law expands clerical role in education mattered because cultural and intellectual institutions helped shape French identity and France’s influence beyond its borders.

Ruler at the time: [Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte](https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-napoleon-bonaparte)

## Sources
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