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What did France do to improve their country during the French Revolution?

They confiscated all of the Catholic Church property and sold it to help ease the French debt.


How does the French Revolution relate to the Catholic Church?

The Catholic Church was the richest institution in the country and the largest land owner.


Did the French King ask the Catholic Church for money?

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.


How did the French revolution treat The French 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.


How did the French power of the Catholic Church change after the French Revolution?

The Catholic Church lose power during the French Revolution. Instead of the Catholic Church, a new creation was introduced... The Cult of the Supreme Being. This cult was founded by Maximilian Robespierre, the head of the Jacobins and a major figure in the Reign of Terror. However, after the Revolution ended, the Catholic Church regained much of its former power. This was, in part, due to the fact that many of the "common" people in France were firm followers in the Church, even throughout the Revolution, and after it, when the Church was re-named as the state "religion," they went happily back into their old way of life, with the Catholic Church.Nova Net: The Catholic Church was separated from governmentIt was greatly changed because of the confiscation of huge properties owned by the church, the expulsion of monks and nuns and the imprisonment and death of hundreds of priests.

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The revolution of France was between who and who?

It was the French citizen who was opposed by the Royalty and the Catholic Church.


If you lived in France in 1780 before the French revolution and you were a member of the ordained priests you would be member of what Catholic Church?

There is only one Catholic Church, and all ordained priests were members of it before the revolution.


What did France do to improve their country during the French Revolution?

They confiscated all of the Catholic Church property and sold it to help ease the French debt.


If you lived in France in 1780- before the French Revolution- and you were an ordained priest of Catholic Church you would be a member of the?

The First Estate.


What was the significance and impact of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution?

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy was a law passed during the French Revolution that aimed to reorganize the Catholic Church in France. It required clergy to take an oath of loyalty to the state, leading to division and conflict within the Church. This law significantly weakened the influence of the Catholic Church in France and contributed to the overall secularization of society during the Revolution.


How did the French revolution of the 1789 impact the Catholic Church in France?

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.


French Revolution hostile to 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.


How does the French Revolution relate to the Catholic Church?

The Catholic Church was the richest institution in the country and the largest land owner.


Who took control of the church in France during French Revolution?

The French government.


Why did the French take only the Roman Catholic religion to New France?

Man so french juilliet and France


What did the french revolution get rid of?

Catholic church, Christianity, king, nobility


How did anticlerical sentiment affect France's church and society?

Ummm... you've heard of the French Revolution, right? The terror, the guillotine, etc? that is the effect anticlerical sentiment had on France.