![]() “However, the massive uprising of an important part of the West and the transition to counter-revolution was mostly caused by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the levée en masse decided by the National Convention.” Īssignats worth 400 pounds and 15 pennies (sols=sous) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Civil Constitution of the Clergy: Motivation “The first signs of real discontent appeared with the government’s enactment of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (July 1790) instituting strict controls over the Roman Catholic church.” In fact, as we will see in a later post, it was also caused by the persecution of the clergy. Moreover, the War in the Vendée (1793-1796), was caused, first, by the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (July 1790) and, second, by the levée en masse (23 August 1793) (mass conscription). Yet, even among Chouans, many opposed the repression of the Church. It had become widespread during the Enlightenment and the growth of Freemasonry also dictated laïcité in government. ![]() There was considerable anti-clericalism in France. ![]() Absolutism demanded that France be ruled by one king, that Catholicism be its only Church and French, its only language. Chouannerie uprisings were royalists uprisings that lasted beyond 1800 and, as such, they were also Catholic uprisings. It is about the demise of the Church of France. However, this post is not about the chouannerie, except indirectly. He therefore survived chouannerieuprisings. By the age of 17, Boisguy was in fact a leader of the Chouans in what is now the Fougères commune of Britanny, then called le pays de Fougères (the country of Fougères). At the age of 17, he was aide-de-camp(chief-of-staff) to Charles Armand Tuffin de la Rouërie who played a role in the American Revolutionary War. When Boisguy was 15, he started fighting. Boisguy seems much too young to have fought against the French Revolutionary Army (active from 1792 until 1802). Aimé Picquet du Boisguy (15 March 1776, Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine – 25 October 1839, Paris) was a Chouan(literally an “owl,” also called hibou in French), a monarchist from the Fougères area of Britanny (see Chouannerie, Wikipedia). The above portrait is presumed to be that of Aimé Casimir Marie Picquet, chevalier du Boisguy, or Bois-Guy. The Church of France during the French Revolution Portrait présumé d’ Aimé du Boisguy, peinture de Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1800. ![]()
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