Reforms in Church and State Flashcards
What was the role of the Church before the Revolution?
The Catholic Church had a status subordinate to the state.
What evidence is there that the Church was subordinate to the state?
Declaration of the Clergy of France (1682) - the monarch could assemble Church councils and make laws and regulations touching ecclesiastical matters.
What did the Edict of Versailles outline?
Non-Catholics could openly practice their religion as well as have legal and civil status. Included marriage without conversion.
What happened on the 11th of August 1789?
Tithes were abolished.
What happened to Church property on the 2nd November, 1789?
Catholic property nationalised and used as backing for assignat.
What was banned on the 13th of February, 1790?
Monastic vows forbidden and congregations dissolved unless it taught children or nursed the sick.
What happened to the Church on the 19th April, 1790?
All remaining Church property transferred to the state.
What was the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
July 12th 1790 - Attempt to reorganise Roman Catholic Church on national basis.
What did it outline?
Clergy could not commit to anything outside of France, specifically the Papacy.
Bishops and priests had to be elected by their congregation.
What was the impact of the constitution?
The schism within the French Church made many devout Catholics turn towards Revolution.
