What institution did French revolutionaries try to eliminate from public life?
History · Middle School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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The institution that French revolutionaries tried to eliminate from public life was the Catholic Church, along with its religious influence and control over various aspects of French society. During the French Revolution, particularly after 1789, revolutionaries sought to curb the Church's power as part of a broader campaign to reduce the influence of established institutions that supported the old monarchical regime. They aimed to replace religious authority with Enlightenment ideals of reason and secular governance. This effort led to various measures such as the confiscation of church lands, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, and the establishment of a secular calendar to replace the Christian one.