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) In August 2012, Sleigh Bells headlined Europe, toured the US West Coast with the hardcore punk band Refused, then announced a September–November 2012 tour with DJ AraabMuzik. The stage production for early tours in support of "Reign of Terror" was described by Miller as being, "so dark that it's hard to see the crowd." The stage set-up consisted simply of a black-and-white American flag backdrop and a wall of stacked Marshall amplifiers. Susan Shepard of "Rolling Stone", Mario Tarradell of "The Dallas Morning News" and Harley Brown of Consequence of Sound all described the stage set-up as being "minimal", with