Henderson, Ernest F. (Ernest Flagg), 1861-1928 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 156
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… … Plate 56. A caricature called the present time, showing the clergy reiiuccdto a skeleton and standing humbly hefon. 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…
Caricatures and cartoons -- France · France -- History Revolution, 1789-1799
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