Western Civilization II / Unit 7 WC2 0614 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Equality's Momentum: Protestants 1789, Jews 1791
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The idea
The Assembly was all male, almost all Catholic, all white. Yet the logic of equality gained momentum, an argument the anchor takes from Lynn Hunt: Protestants recognized by the end of seventeen eighty-nine, Jews made citizens in September ninety-one, religion a private matter irrelevant to loyalty.
In practice
More than separation of church and state, the anchor says.
Where people slip
Hunt's argument is attributed to her.
Your place on the trail
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