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Clergy Oath Sanction

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1790Date range
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Chronological records

1790

Louis XVI26 December 1790

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Louis XVI sanctioned legislation requiring constitutional oaths from clergy, deepening the religious division created by revolutionary reforms.

Names involved

Louis XVI

Provenance

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