It might be worth mentioning that the real seizure of church assets -- its enormous land holdings -- came during the revolution. The 1905 act to take over the churches themselves was an afterthought, and a conserving one, as you point out.
But, yes, it will be great fun to rebuild a wooden spire "stone by stone." And, yes, it's ironic tha…
It might be worth mentioning that the real seizure of church assets -- its enormous land holdings -- came during the revolution. The 1905 act to take over the churches themselves was an afterthought, and a conserving one, as you point out.
But, yes, it will be great fun to rebuild a wooden spire "stone by stone." And, yes, it's ironic that the only properly-buried French monarch is Louis XVI. But there is a connection here: the real Alcibiades, the real passionate actor in the French story has been the mob: le peuple, la canaille, les sans-culottes, les enragés, and, a recent novelty, les gilets jaunes (who, while less urban than the others, are hardly reconquistas). A spark from workers in the rafters put the torch to Notre Dame, but the church's existence in the 21st century may be due to the fact that the mob that pillaged it in the 1790s, confined to ground level, could not find much to burn.
So here's a question, had the blasphemic Olympic intro been broadcast only in France, would it have created much of a ripple? The last time I checked, the only French group among whom laïcité did not remain popular was -- the Muslims.
It might be worth mentioning that the real seizure of church assets -- its enormous land holdings -- came during the revolution. The 1905 act to take over the churches themselves was an afterthought, and a conserving one, as you point out.
But, yes, it will be great fun to rebuild a wooden spire "stone by stone." And, yes, it's ironic that the only properly-buried French monarch is Louis XVI. But there is a connection here: the real Alcibiades, the real passionate actor in the French story has been the mob: le peuple, la canaille, les sans-culottes, les enragés, and, a recent novelty, les gilets jaunes (who, while less urban than the others, are hardly reconquistas). A spark from workers in the rafters put the torch to Notre Dame, but the church's existence in the 21st century may be due to the fact that the mob that pillaged it in the 1790s, confined to ground level, could not find much to burn.
So here's a question, had the blasphemic Olympic intro been broadcast only in France, would it have created much of a ripple? The last time I checked, the only French group among whom laïcité did not remain popular was -- the Muslims.
lol wooden spire!