Tithes are abolished: the lands of the Church are confiscated to the service of the State; monastic orders are suppressed; and the Government undertakes to pay the stipends of bishops and priests.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Moreover, the time-serving of the constitutionals was to avail them little: during the Terror their stipends were unpaid, and the churches were for the most part closed.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
No doubt before the outbreak of the revolution there was a decided feeling against England on account of the restrictions on the sale of tobacco; and the quarrel, which I have just referred to, with respect to the stipends of the clergy, which were to be paid in this staple commodity according to its market value at the time of payment, had spread discontent among a large body of the people.
"Canada under British Rule 1760-1900"
John G. Bourinot