WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
mandated that clergy were to be elected by the people
A
Bastille
B
Marie Antoinette
C
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
D
Guillotine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Civil Constitution allowed the state to assume control of some aspects of religion, including funding of clerical salaries and the responsibility for education and charitable works. 4. It also required bishops and then all clergy to swear an oath of loyalty to the state, to be taken in January 1791.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Civil Constitution of the Clergy (French: Constitution civile du clergé) was a law passed on 12 July 1790 during the French Revolution, that caused the immediate subordination of most of the Catholic Church in France to the French government.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Civil Constitution has been seen as a turning point in the era’s progression; it created very sharp divisions in revolutionary ideals by forcing clergy members to take an oath to the state that was condemned by the pope.

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