Educational Space in Time: Reflections on Limits and Options for Educational Ambitions in History

This article studies educational ambitions in the context of time-bound limits and possibilities offered by space order to better understand people’s mindsets behaviour across time. The concepts ambition, as well their application time, are elaborated distinguishing four indicators that appear determine conditions history early modern Europe. These demographic situation, socio-economic circumstances, power balance between private public, manifestation mindset. also explores how some classic concepts—here, sentiment de l’enfance coined Philippe Ariès concept “discipline”—could be used childhood education relating them positive space.