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The French Revolution began a process of dechristianisation that lasted from 1792 until the Concordat of 1801, an agreement between the French state and the Papacy (which lasted until 1905). The French general and statesman responsible for the concordat, Napoleon Bonaparte , had a generally favourable attitude towards Protestants, and the ...
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Irreligion in France has a long history and a large demographic constitution, with the advancement of atheism and the deprecation of theistic religion dating back as far as the French Revolution. In 2015, according to estimates, at least 29% of the country's population identifies as atheists and 63% identifies as non-religious.
Dechristianisation, de-Christianization, or dechristianize may also refer to: Secularization; Anti-Christian Movement; Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution. Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques; Dechristianize, of 2003 by U.S. death metal band Vital Remains
The Decadary Cult (French: Culte décadaire), [1] also called Tenth-day Cult, was a semi-official religion of France during the Directory period of the French Revolution, intended as a dechristianised replacement of the Christian Sunday worship with a quasi-religious festival on the day of rest in the 10-day week of the French Republican Calendar.
A Japanese illustration of Carlyle's horror at the burning of the original manuscript of The French Revolution. John Stuart Mill, a friend of Carlyle's, found himself caught up in other projects and unable to meet the terms of a contract he had signed with his publisher for a history of the French Revolution.
Iconoclastic acts during the French Revolution embodied a time that saw the systematic destruction and defacement of religious and royal symbols, cathedrals, manuscripts, and artworks. [2] Iconoclasm took many forms during this period, acting as a symbolic rejection of the Ancien Régime and a direct attack on religious institutions and symbols ...
21 September – French Revolution: A Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy by the French Convention goes into effect, and the French First Republic is established, effective the following day. 22 September – French Revolution: The Era of the historical French Republican Calendar begins.