<P> The dechristianization of France during the French Revolution is a conventional description of the results of a number of separate policies conducted by various governments of France between the start of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Concordat of 1801 , forming the basis of the later and less radical laïcité policies . The goal of the campaign between 1793 and 1794 ranged from the public reclamation of the massive amounts of land , power , and money held by the Catholic Church in France to the termination of Catholic religious practice and of the religion itself . There has been much scholarly debate over whether the movement was popularly motivated . </P>
<P> The dechristianization of France during the French Revolution is a conventional description of the results of a number of separate policies conducted by various governments of France between the start of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Concordat of 1801 , forming the basis of the later and less radical laïcité policies . The goal of the campaign between 1793 and 1794 ranged from the public reclamation of the massive amounts of land , power , and money held by the Catholic Church in France to the termination of Catholic religious practice and of the religion itself . There has been much scholarly debate over whether the movement was popularly motivated . </P>
when did the french government take over the church
when did the french government take over the church
between the start of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Concordat of 1801
between the start of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Concordat of 1801