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French Revolution (view source)
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The measures taken by the Convention to substitute the Revolutionary calendar for the old Christian calendar, and the decrees ordering the municipalities to seize and melt down the bells and treasures of the churches, proved that certain currents prevailed tending to the [[dechristianization]] of France.
The measures taken by the Convention to substitute the Revolutionary calendar for the old Christian calendar, and the decrees ordering the municipalities to seize and melt down the bells and treasures of the churches, proved that certain currents prevailed tending to the [[dechristianization]] of France.
The rest of décadi, every tenth day, replaced the Sunday rest. The "missionary representatives", sent to the provinces, closed churches, hunted down citizens suspected of religious practices. Persecution of all religious ideas began. Many churches were forcibly closed and converted into Temples of Reason. <ref>John Hall Stewart, ''A Documentary Survey of the French Revolution'', Macmillan, New York, 1963.</ref>
The rest of décadi, every tenth day, replaced the Sunday rest. The "missionary representatives", sent to the provinces, closed churches, hunted down citizens suspected of religious practices. Persecution of all religious ideas began. Many churches were forcibly closed and converted into [[Cult of Reason|Temples of Reason]] <ref>John Hall Stewart, ''A Documentary Survey of the French Revolution'', Macmillan, New York, 1963.</ref>
During the first days of the Republic, provision had been made for dating public documents from "the first year of the French Republic," but no definite plan for a revised calendar had been proposed. A decree of 2 January, 1793, provided for the second year of the Republic to begin on 1 January, 1793. The new calendar took form in October and November, and lasted until 1806.
During the first days of the Republic, provision had been made for dating public documents from "the first year of the French Republic," but no definite plan for a revised calendar had been proposed. A decree of 2 January, 1793, provided for the second year of the Republic to begin on 1 January, 1793. The new calendar took form in October and November, and lasted until 1806.