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3.21a Supplemental- Talleyrand

Revolutions

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Tallyrand's Proposal for Nationalization of Church Property

Tallyrand was intimately familiar with the church's portfolio, and believed two thirds of its vast holdings would be more than enough to port a reformed church. The rest could be used as collateral to secure necessary bridge loans to see the kingdom through these tight times. These forward ideas led him to become an early member of the jacobin club but he soon drifted over to the far less rabble filled society of 17 89. He then stayed out in front on religious matters, backed the new civil constitution of the clergy, and then wound up being one of only two bishops to take the first civic oath his quoteno constituency. Then declared him a back stabbing judas.

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