Civil Constitution of the Clergy

In 1790, during the French Revolution, the law of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy confiscated the Roman Catholic Church's France land holdings and made it a governmental department rather than an independent organ.

Perhaps surprisingly, some of the support from this came from figures within the Church, such as the priest and parliamentarian Pierre Claude François Daunou. The measure was opposed, but ultimately acquiesced to, by King Louis XVI.

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