# De-Christianization campaigns (1793)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1793-de-christianization-campaigns
Location: France

Radical activists closed churches, attacked clerical institutions and promoted new civic cults. 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 National Convention (Collective head of the French Republic). De-Christianization campaigns mattered because religion was closely tied to political legitimacy, community identity and public institutions. 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
De-Christianization campaigns mattered because religion was closely tied to political legitimacy, community identity and public institutions.

Ruler at the time: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

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