The major players in the French Revolution were the Jesuits, the Jansentists, the monarch, specificially Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette, the ghosts of the philosophes - particularly Voltaire and Rousseau, Talleyrand, and thousands of common men who lost their minds and destroyed centuries of history and religion in a very short time.
The French revolution was extremely hostile to the Catholic Church. They guillotined priests, nuns, and sisters by the hundreds, desecrated Churches, and destroyed priceless relics.
The Catholic Church was the richest institution in the country and the largest land owner.
Catholic church, Christianity, king, nobility
Yes. And it was refused. The French Revolution in turn seized all of the property of the Catholic Church and sold it to the highest bidder.
It was the French citizen who was opposed by the Royalty and the Catholic Church.
The French revolution was extremely hostile to the Catholic Church. They guillotined priests, nuns, and sisters by the hundreds, desecrated Churches, and destroyed priceless relics; leaving the common people bereft of spiritual guidance and solace.
There is only one Catholic Church, and all ordained priests were members of it before the revolution.
The French revolution was extremely hostile to the Catholic Church. They guillotined priests, nuns, and sisters by the hundreds, desecrated Churches, and destroyed priceless relics; leaving the common people bereft of spiritual guidance and solace.
Many were sacked and looted. Some were converted into warehouses and markets.
The Catholic Church was stripped of most of its wealth and influence.
They either left the Catholic Church of they left the country.
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . The French revolution was extremely hostile to the Catholic Church. They guillotined priests, nuns, and sisters by the hundreds, desecrated Churches, and destroyed priceless relics