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Michel Péronnet, « Nos Seigneurs du clergé de France en 1789 », Dix-Huitième Siècle, ID : 10.3406/dhs.1988.2861
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The French bishops, the first body of the first Order of the state, were frequently consulted during the 1780s, which indicates their importance. On 24th January 1789, the right to vote was accorded to all the members of the secular clergy and the baillage was fixed as the electoral unit, thus breaking with tradition by choosing the bishops in the dioceses. There were only about forty bishops in the Estates General and they took part in all the 1789 debates, especially in the discussions concerning the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the nationalisation of Church property and the establishment of the Catholic Church. The bishops «refusal to proclaim catholicism the state religion (28th August) was the first sign of disagreement with the deputies, followed in October by the distribution of incendiary pastoral letters ».