Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . Plate 55. A caricature called The Overthrow relating to theconfiscation of the estates of the clergy. A measure quite as radical as the division ofFrance into departments was the confiscation ofall the landed property of the Church, amountingto nearly one third of all French territory. Alreadyin September, 1789, the clergy had been invitedto carry to the mint all silver not essential to the Equality 117 carrying on of Divine Service. After that hadcome the demand for a voluntary (?) contribution,and finally, on October loth, Talleyrand, bishop ofAut
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . Plate 55. A caricature called The Overthrow relating to theconfiscation of the estates of the clergy. A measure quite as radical as the division ofFrance into departments was the confiscation ofall the landed property of the Church, amountingto nearly one third of all French territory. Alreadyin September, 1789, the clergy had been invitedto carry to the mint all silver not essential to the Equality 117 carrying on of Divine Service. After that hadcome the demand for a voluntary (?) contribution,and finally, on October loth, Talleyrand, bishop ofAutun, began the great onslaught on his own order:There is one immense resource which can be. Plate 56. A caricature called the present time, showing the clergy reducedto a skeleton and standing humbly before the other two estates. reconciled with the rigid respect for property; itconsists in the estates of the clergy.^ He reck-oned the sum that would accrue from their sale attwo billion one hundred million francs. Twodays later, Mirabeau moved that these estates bedeclared the property of the nation, fair provisionbeing made for the clergy. This opened up, asmay be imagined, a heated discussion as to what Duvergier, Collection complete, i., Debats et Decrets, Oct. 10 flf. Ii8 The French Revolution right the National Assembly had to take suchaction and provoked the bitterest attacks from theclergy. The debates lasted from October 12thto November 2d, and the motion was finally passedby 568 to 346 votes. The contention was that the ^k ;- -Pf,/l\!!/iC // Altno/,: . ^^-^ fiMlfl 9^ mm m^g -^ .i!^. 1 ml r Mm^^^^^^M LwTfl^ r Stwm^^^B^k ^^ji^ ^St— f t^^Hp^^^^^B ^ —^ ^^
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