# Emancipation of French Jews (1791)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1791-emancipation-of-french-jews
Location: France

The Revolution extended full citizenship to Jewish men, completing a major civil emancipation measure. 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). Emancipation of French Jews mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. 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
Emancipation of French Jews mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

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

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