Henri Gregoire Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Report Against Vandalism

Gregoire condemns destruction of artistic and scientific heritage and urges the Convention to protect monuments, libraries and collections from revolutionary vandalism.

Role range: 1789-1799

Convention Receives Reports on Cultural Destruction

Gregoire denounced the destruction of books, artworks and monuments, helping establish a revolutionary argument for preserving national cultural heritage.

Role range: 1789-1799

Freedom of Worship Reconsidered

Gregoire argued for religious toleration during a period when the Convention was reconsidering state coercion and the treatment of constitutional worship.

Role range: 1789-1799

Religious Liberty Reasserted After Thermidor

Gregoire argued that political institutions should protect freedom of worship rather than impose revolutionary tests of religious belief.

Role range: 1789-1799

Church Reorganization Remains Contested

Gregoire continued defending the constitutional Church as schism, lost property and changing public policy prevented an easy restoration of Catholic unity.

Role range: 1789-1799

National Education and Knowledge Institutions Expand

Gregoire contributed to revolutionary debates about public instruction and preservation of learning as the Convention reshaped France's educational institutions.

Role range: 1789-1799

Separation of State Support from Worship

Gregoire faced a new religious settlement under which the Republic ended public financing of worship, differing markedly from the salary system of 1790.

Role range: 1789-1799

Histoire des Sectes Religeuses

Publication of "Histoire des Sectes Religeuses"

LEglise Gallicane

Publication of "LEglise Gallicane"