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Church estates become security for public finance

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records from PostgreSQL.

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Church estates become security for public finance

Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de · Paris · Diplomat and former bishop

Revolutionary legislators looked to confiscated ecclesiastical assets to support public credit. Talleyrand's arguments connected institutional reform with the need to stabilize government finance.

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