Concordat of 1801

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Date	July 15, 1801
Participants	France • papacy

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Topics

France Roman Catholicism church and state

Key People

Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

Napoleon I

emperor of France

Talleyrand

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent

French statesman and diplomat