tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post761909183550566289..comments2024-02-07T10:24:50.882+00:00Comments on The Modern Historian: On this day in history: Feudalism abolished in France, 1789Borkimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-25371652357966290122009-08-23T21:28:26.471+01:002009-08-23T21:28:26.471+01:00Thanks for the insightful comment.
I do know that...Thanks for the insightful comment.<br /><br />I do know that representatives of the first estate in the Estates General were among the first to join the third estate. This is hardly surprising as many rural parish priests were no better off than their parishioners. <br /><br />I will check out the article.Borkimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-6343132793497749592009-08-05T11:15:07.323+01:002009-08-05T11:15:07.323+01:00The nobility and the clergy may have been reluctan...The nobility and the clergy may have been reluctant to give up their privileges, but this does not mean that they were opposed to reform.<br />The Church remained extremely influential in France at the end of the 18th century. There is evidence that it was actually in favour of change and fought to promote the voice of the bodies that represented the French people. During the summer of 1788 the clergy notably protested against the Edicts promulgated the previous May which sought to nullify the powers of the Parlements. <br />I found a very interesting article on the role of the chruch in our archive 'Turbulent Priests? The Church and the Restoration'History Today magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371531285371676302noreply@blogger.com