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.
The Revolution divided some churches, for example the Church of England through persecution.
Funeral services for French aristocrats.
Catholic church, Christianity, king, nobility
The First Estate. See Wikipedia article on the subject at the link below.
The Catholic Church was stripped of most of its wealth and influence.
France did not have an Emperor during the French Revolution, Napoleon became the Emperor of the French in 1804.
The Catholic Clergy made up the First Estate. The French Nobles made up the Second Estate. The commoners were all lumped into the Third Estate.
It was the French citizen who was opposed by the Royalty and the Catholic Church.
Many were sacked and looted. Some were converted into warehouses and markets.
There is only one Catholic Church, and all ordained priests were members of it before the revolution.
They confiscated all of the Catholic Church property and sold it to help ease the French debt.
The First Estate.
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.
The French government.
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Ummm... you've heard of the French Revolution, right? The terror, the guillotine, etc? that is the effect anticlerical sentiment had on France.
Catholic church, Christianity, king, nobility
After the Revolution secular education was begun in France.