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15 July 1801
Concordat with the pope
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The Concordat, signed with Pope Pius VII, represents a reconciliation
between France and the Catholic Church after the turmoil and conflict
of the Revolution. The agreement recognises Catholicism as the religion
of the 'great majority' of the French people, but the pope makes no claim
for the return of Church property in France. The Concordat is imposed
on a hostile Church by Pius. Its appeal to Bonaparte is that it neutralises
the Church as he consolidates his power at home and abroad.
'A man must be a good deal of a fool if he thinks there is nothing
superior to his own ideas but miracles and the mind of God.' Napoleon
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