> universal public education is a recent thing. Not that recent - it's been around since the 1750s: "The education reform was met with hostility particularly

> universal public education is a recent thing. Not that recent - it's been around since the 1750s: "The education reform was met with hostility particularly by peasants who wanted the children to work in the fields instead. Maria Theresa crushed the dissent by ordering the arrest of all those opposed." -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa#Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa#Education