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Church estates nationalized: Clerical wealth placed at nation's disposal

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

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Church estates nationalized: Clerical wealth placed at nation's disposal

de Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice · Paris · Bishop and deputy

Talleyrand proposed making Church property available to the nation as the treasury's problems mounted. The measure opened a major transfer of institutional wealth toward state administration.

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