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It was much more nuanced than that, and the vast majority of the French people stayed Christian during the period. Also, keep in mind the revolution was mostly a Paris thing, the rest of the country was left relatively unaffected at first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dechristianization_of_France_d...



Is the difference "stayed Catholic" vs the churches had to close?


Pretty sure it mattered when and where you were. Armies and militias were sent to put down defiant regions who had set up their own armies and militias in order to keep the Revolution out.


Ya, Vendee really protests too much




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