Abolition of feudalism in France

Meeting of the night of 4 August 1789 by Charles Monnet, (Musée de la Révolution française).

One of the central events of the French Revolution was the abolition of feudalism, and the old rules, taxes, and privileges left over from the ancien régime. The National Constituent Assembly, after deliberating on the night of 4 August 1789, announced, "The National Assembly abolishes the feudal system entirely."[1] It abolished both the seigneurial rights of the Second Estate (the nobility) and the tithes gathered by the First Estate (the Catholic clergy).[2][3] The old judicial system, founded on the 13 regional parlements, was suspended in November 1789, and finally abolished in 1790.[4]

  1. ^ Stewart, p. 107 for full text
  2. ^ Furet, 1989
  3. ^ Markoff,
  4. ^ Hanson, Paul R. (2007). The A to Z of the French Revolution. pp. 250–251.