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Zsigmond Rákóczi

Hungarian prince

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association with Comenius

  • Jürgen Ovens: portrait of John Amos Comenius
    In John Amos Comenius: Social reform of John Amos Comenius

    …Hungary, where the young prince Zsigmond Rákóczi wanted to establish a model pansophic school at Sárospatak. Comenius, arriving there in 1650, received a warm reception. The school opened with about 100 pupils, but it proved unsuccessful. The students were ill prepared to learn anything beyond the rudiments of reading and…

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