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The French Revolution Chapter VI - the Revolution and the Catholic Church Part 4
In which the complex and fateful conflict between the Catholic Church and the revolutionary government takes shape around the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, a measure that attempted to impose civil control over ecclesiastical authority and thus inadvertently ignited a profound religious and political schism. This early struggle vividly illuminates the tangled loyalties and rising tensions of 1790–1791 France, as the clergy’s refusal to swear loyalty under oath becomes the emblematic fault line dividing nation and revolution alike.
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