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If you lived in France in 1780 before the French Revolution and you were an ordained priest of the Catholic Church you would be a member of the?
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The First Estate. See Wikipedia article on the subject at the link below.
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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.
What are the three estates in France prior to the revolution?
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.
What estate did the noblemen belong to during the French Revolution?
In France (and many other European countries) the estates were as follows: 1st estate: Grandees of the (Catholic) Church - that is, senior bishops. 2nd estate: Noblemen. 3rd estate: Ordinary folk ('commoners'). (Serfs were below the 3rd estate).
What are the two taxes prevalent in France before the French revolution?
Peasants were taxed the heaviest during the French Revolution. Peasants had to pay land taxes, taxes to the church, and taxes on family members.
What were the religious causes of the French Revolution?
persecution of the Huguenots Catholicism was the state-religion of France, which denied minorities (jews and Protestants) certain benefits. A Frenchman was catholic The highly bureaucratic church was corrupt and made approx 150 million livres in 1789 also, there was a push from the enlightenment for no state religion
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.
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.
The revolution of France was between who and who?
It was the French citizen who was opposed by the Royalty and the Catholic Church.
Catholic church in France during the French revolution?
Many were sacked and looted. Some were converted into warehouses and markets.
How was Catholic Church before the Revolution?
The Catholic Church had been a vibrant, growing Church in France since the ninth century. For more information get Diane Moczar's book, Ten Dates Every Catholic Should Know at the link below.
How did the Catholic Church influence the revolution in France?
The Catholic Church had no influence on the revolution in France outside of the Sisters of Charity, whom they allowed to survive because they were the only nurses they had. The rest of the priests, nuns, and sisters were guillotined by the hundreds, Churches were desecrated, priceless relics destroyed, and the people left with no spiritual guidance.
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 did the power of the Catholic Church change of 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.
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.
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.
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.
How did power of the 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.
