FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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He recognized religious freedom for Catholics
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He abolished the Church
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He placed the Church under state control
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He placed Church officials in positions of power
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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: -In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius XVII signed an agreement called the Concordat, which was an agreement between the French state and the Catholic Church that reconciled the Church with the anti-religious policies established during the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was becoming all the more obvious that while Napoleon had the utmost respect for the Catholic Church, he had a greater mission. This mission was to use the church as a means of governing the people rather than bringing religion back to the recuperating nation that was early nineteenth century France.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.