Subiect: Summary: In this article the author shows that the priests were the only
teachers in the rural world, because there were no teachers in the Romanian
Countries qualified to train children in villages in the early modem era. Either
on its own initiative or ordained by the authorities, they had a big role in the
development of primary education. Moreover, the first village schools were
established near churches and monasteries. Even after the establishment of
normal schools and nationalization of primary school, priests often have
substituted the teachers. They occupied vacancies continuing the educational
process in Romanian villages.
