1792 ⟶ Government Seizes Church Precious Metals
September 10: The government requisitions all church objects...
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⛪ Church Property Nationalized
November 2: The Assembly votes to place property of the Church at the disposition of the Nation.⟶
NationalizationChurchPropertyConfiscationRevolutionEconomyLand ReformFinancial CrisisEstatesClergy
🪙 Church Silver Confiscated to Fund Government
March 3: The Assembly orders that the silver objects owned by the Church be melted down and sold to fund the government.⟶
ChurchConfiscationNationalizationEconomic PolicyFundingGovernment FinanceRevolutionary GovernmentProperty SeizureAssets
💰 Government Seizes Church Precious Metals
September 10: The government requisitions all church objects made of gold or silver.⟶
ChurchConfiscationReligionSecularizationNationalizationPropertyRevolutionary GovernmentTreasuryAssets
💰 Nationalization of Émigré Property
February 9: The Assembly decrees the confiscation of the property of émigrés, for the benefit of the Nation.⟶
confiscationémigréspropertynationalizationeconomic policyFrench Revolutionland reformwealth redistributionRevolutionary governmentassets
⛪ Convention Ends State Funding of Clergy and Church Property Maintenance
September 18: The Convention stops paying officially sanctioned priests and stops maintaining church properties.⟶
ReligionChurchStateSecularizationClergyPropertyFrench RevolutionConventionDechristianizationAnti-clericalism