Western Civilization II / Unit 8 WC2 0712 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Concordat, 1801, and the Lycée
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The idea
The Concordat of eighteen-oh-one with Pius VII, the witness's detail, restored the Church's position without returning its lands and kept toleration. The lycée, a secular elite secondary school with scholarships, trained the officials and officers the state needed.
In practice
Peace with Rome as a policy, not a conversion.
Where people slip
Drawn, the witness says, in Napoleon's interest, not the Church's.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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