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Ecclesiastical tithe rights removed

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August 11th, 1789

Ecclesiastical tithe rights removed

de Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice · Versailles · Bishop of Autun

The August legislation struck at compulsory tithes paid to the Church. Talleyrand and other clerical deputies faced the resulting need to rethink the financial foundations of worship.

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