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The French Revolution Chapter VI - the Revolution and the Catholic Church Part 2
In which the sombre condition of religious belief in pre-Revolutionary France is quietly unveiled, revealing a faith long faded from the hearts of the masses and entwined in the political and financial fabric of the ancien régime. Amidst the waning influence of the Church and the simmering tensions with the Huguenot minority, the stage is set for a profound upheaval centred on the material wealth of the clergy and the dire straits of the State’s finances.
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