THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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____ returned Church lands to the pope & clergy.
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____ recognized Catholicism as the majority religion of France.
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____ created more stability within France.
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____ did not satisfy the priests & lower classes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Concordat of 1801, agreement reached on July 15, 1801, between Napoleon Bonaparte and papal and clerical representatives in both Rome and Paris, defining the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France and ending the breach caused by the church reforms and confiscations enacted during the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Concordat of 1801 was signed in Paris. It sought national reconciliation between revolutionaries and Catholics and solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France, with most of its civil status restored.
Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon reconciled with the Catholic Church and asked for a chaplain, saying “it would rest my soul to hear Mass". The Pope petitioned the British to allow this, and sent the Abbé Ange Vignali to Saint Helena. On 20 April 1821, Napoleon told General Montholon “I was born in the Catholic religion.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main terms of the Concordat included: A declaration that “Catholicism was the religion of the great majority of the French” but not the official state religion, thus maintaining religious freedom for Protestants and other French citizens.