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  French Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the French Revolution (1789-1799) democracy and republicanism replaced the absolute monarchy in France, and the French sector of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring.
On July 11 1789, King Louis, acting under the influence of the conservative nobles of his privy council, as well as his wife, Marie Antoinette, and brother, the Comte d'Artois, banished the reformist minister Necker and completely reconstructed the ministry.
The Concordat of 1801 between the National Assembly and the Church ended the dechristianisation period and established the rules for a relationship between the Catholic Church and the French State that lasted until it was abrogated by the Third Republic on the separation of church and state on December 11, 1905.
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 French Revolution -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
On July 14, 1789, after four hours of combat, the insurgents seized the (A jail (literally, a French jail)) Bastille (A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment) prison, killing the governor, Marquis (additional info and facts about Bernard de Launay) Bernard de Launay and several of his guard.
After early skirmishes went badly for France, the first significant military engagement of the war occurred with the Franco-Prussian (The French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)) Battle of Valmy (September 20, 1792).
In 1794 (French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)) Robespierre had ultraradicals and moderate Jacobins executed; in consequence, however, his own popular support eroded markedly.
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 2. The French Revolution, 1789-1799. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The French Revolution and Europe, 1789–1914 > 1.
The period of the French Revolution and French Empire can be divided into several subperiods based on political regime and relationship to the rest of Europe.
(5) Revolution was triggered by efforts by the aristocracy to wring concessions from the king (Assembly of Notables, 1787), and bad harvests and unemployment (1787–88) helped stir urban and rural rioters.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: French Revolution
The influence of freemasonry in the French Revolution proclaimed by Louis Blanc and by freemasonry itself is proved by the researches of M. Cochin.
No section of French territory should recognize the authority of a bishop living abroad, or of his delegates, and this, adds the Constitution, "without prejudice to the unity of faith and the communion which shall be maintained with the head of the Universal Church".
Abroad the prestige of the French armies was upheld by were upheld by Bonaparte in Egypt, but they were hated on the Continent, and in 1799 were compelled to evacuate most of Italy.
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 French Revolution -> The Revolution of 1789 on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Church lands were nationalized (1789), religious orders suppressed (1790), and the clergy required (July, 1790) to swear to adhere to the state-controlled Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
The Mill of Valmy, memorial of the battle of 1792 (French Revolution 1789-1799).
Exhibition of "The Surrealist Revolution" in the Centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg).
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 The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: How the French Revolution Changed, 1789-99@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The revolution was much more than the replacement of one type of government with another.
During the ten years of the revolutionary period, 1789-99, the nature of the revolution changed as widely different groups took power.
After the events of the summer of 1789 many people thought the revolution was over.
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The French Revolution was a defining event in European history.
His committment to France as a Republic stemmed from the Revolution of 1848; a Revolution depended on the people of France, in the tradition of 1789.
This page provides information crucial to understanding the French Revolution: information which is essential for interpreting Les Miserables.
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 French Revolution (1789–1799)
Revolution begins when Third Estate (Commons) delegates swear not to disband until France has a constitution.
French Revolution: Key Dates 1789-99 (The Hutchinson Encyclopedia)
Enlightened nationalism in the early revolution: the nation in the language of the Societe de 1789.
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