Civil Constitution of the Clergy

The law of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (Fr. "Constitution civile du clergé"), passed July 12, 1790 during the French Revolution, subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government.

References

• http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m2082/2_61/54469232/p1/article.jhtml
• http://www.dabar.org/Religion/RED/R-Words/Redrevolution.htm
• http://home.nordnet.fr/~blatouche/E8.html
• http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/chap1d.html
• http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~rpekarek/fresp1.html
• Catholic Encyclopedia article on the French Revolution
• Kagan, Donald, Steven Ozment, and Frank M. Turner, The Western Heritage, 7th ed, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2001.