# Church property nationalized (1789)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-church-property-nationalized
Location: France

The Assembly placed church lands at the disposal of the nation to address state finances. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Louis XVI (King of France). Church property nationalized mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Church property nationalized mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power.

Ruler at the time: [Louis XVI](https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xvi)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Church property nationalized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Church+property+nationalized&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Church property nationalized](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Church+property+nationalized)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)