Cahiers of the First Estate Flashcards
Why did the cahiers of the First Estate reflect the interests of the parish clergy?
It was dominated by parish priests
What did the First Estate demanded higher of?
Stipends - a fixed sum paid as a salary to churchmen
Offices of the Church
Levels of control of education
What did they call for an end of?
Pluralism - bishops holding more than one diocese
Non-nobles becoming bishops
In return for their demands, what were the First Estate prepared to give up?
The financial privileges of the Church
What was the First Estate not prepared to give up?
The dominant position that the Church held over the other two Estates
What did the First Estate feel should remain the established religion?
Catholicism
What did the First Estate want a limit to the toleration of?
Protestantism
How would the First Estate limit their toleration of Protestantism?
By not allowing Protestants to practice their religion
What did the First Estate use to justify their desire to keep Roman Catholicism as the only official religion in France and limit toleration of Protestantism?
The revocation of the 1598 Edict of Nantes by Louis the XIV in 1685
What was the Edict of Nantes?
A law signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV of France to grant the Protestants of France substantial rights in the nation, which was still considered essentially Catholic at the time
After the proclamation of the Edict of Nantes, what followed for many years?
Harassment and the forcible conversion of thousands of Protestants
When did Louis XIV revoke the Edict of Nantes?
18th October 1685
