Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution itself. There has been much scholarly debate over whether the movement was popularly motivated. The French Revolution initially began with attacks on church corruption and the wealth of the higher clergy, an action with which even many Christians could identify, since the Roman Catholic church held a dominant role in pre-revolutionary France. During a two-year period known as the Reign of Terror, the episodes of anti-clericalism grew more violent than any in modern European history. The new revolutionary authorities suppressed the church; abolished the Catholic monarchy; nationalized church property; exiled 30,000 priests and killed hundreds more. In October 1793 the
Reign of Terror (Sleigh Bells album) ends up being a fatiguing reminder of how remarkable a feat "Treats" was. Sleigh Bells may have topped themselves here, but it's a case of more being less." Dan Weiss of "Paste" noted that the album lacked the hip-hop element their debut had that gave those songs energy along with the metal elements, concluding that ""Reign of Terror" plays like a band with original ideas who got stuck in quicksand." Michael Hann of "The Guardian" felt that the album was compressed with its songs' production lacking energy, concluding that "they're not actually noisy per se, merely uninterested in restraint, which