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Clergy Revenues in France Stir Public Criticism
The London Gazetteer reports Voltaire style estimates of clerical revenues in France, arguing the clergy fund state needs through free gifts but face burdens from Rome and imperial dues. It notes annual totals around eighty million Livres for 6,000 religious and 160,000 ecclesiastics, with wide disparities and calls for equitable taxation of benefices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Voltaire
France
Louis XIV
Europe
Rome
Holy See
Flanders
Spain
Germany
Aden
Commonwealth