The role of religion in the French Revolution
Religion, a particular system of faith and worship. Since the dawn of time it has had a huge impact on humans. It is one of the most highly respected and highly important things in life that people can relate to but at the same time clash with each other. In the French Revolution and early 18th century France religion was very unstable and people and the Church/clergy would always clash, not see eye to eye and make it difficult to function.
Before the French Revolution, civilians and the church already didn't get along well together since the Church was very corrupt and abused its power beyond recognition. “Its wealth and perceived abuses meant it didn’t always have trust” (Betros, 2010,). The only thing …show more content…
The first Estate contained holy figures called the clergy which had the most power. The second Estate Nobility, and The Third Estate which contained everyone else,” The lower class of France was forced to pay much higher taxes than the wealthy clergymen” (Taylor, 2014 The Influence of the Catholicism Before, During, and After the French Revolution). This in turn made the clergy and church more powerful and left civilians of France very weak and with no power “The third Estate made up 98% of France's population and paid all Taxes, yet had no voice in government” (Brandstatter, religious changes during the French Revolution). Also this created a wage gap. To add fuel to the fire, only less than one percent of the population was clergy, yet they had this much power compared to the ninety eight percent of the population that did not have power. “The Catholic clery was associated with the aristocracy and oppression of the people” (Brandstatter, Religious changes during the french revolution) This is where the civilians had had enough of the Catholic Church and unleash their
Religion, a particular system of faith and worship. Since the dawn of time it has had a huge impact on humans. It is one of the most highly respected and highly important things in life that people can relate to but at the same time clash with each other. In the French Revolution and early 18th century France religion was very unstable and people and the Church/clergy would always clash, not see eye to eye and make it difficult to function.
Before the French Revolution, civilians and the church already didn't get along well together since the Church was very corrupt and abused its power beyond recognition. “Its wealth and perceived abuses meant it didn’t always have trust” (Betros, 2010,). The only thing …show more content…
The first Estate contained holy figures called the clergy which had the most power. The second Estate Nobility, and The Third Estate which contained everyone else,” The lower class of France was forced to pay much higher taxes than the wealthy clergymen” (Taylor, 2014 The Influence of the Catholicism Before, During, and After the French Revolution). This in turn made the clergy and church more powerful and left civilians of France very weak and with no power “The third Estate made up 98% of France's population and paid all Taxes, yet had no voice in government” (Brandstatter, religious changes during the French Revolution). Also this created a wage gap. To add fuel to the fire, only less than one percent of the population was clergy, yet they had this much power compared to the ninety eight percent of the population that did not have power. “The Catholic clery was associated with the aristocracy and oppression of the people” (Brandstatter, Religious changes during the french revolution) This is where the civilians had had enough of the Catholic Church and unleash their