“…there's actually one enormous source of wealth within France… the Catholic Church… what if we could nationalize those properties?”
The Story of Money · Why the French Revolution was a financial revolution - Part 1
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Nationalized all properties of the Catholic Church and declared them national property (the "biens nationaux")
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