The position of clergy on the eve of the French revolution (on the orders of the deputies of the General States of 1789)
The article presents one of the major problems connected with the French revolution - the ideology of clergy as it had formed in 1789. The author used the materials of the General cahiers written by the representatives of the first estate during the electoral company in the General States. Having analyzed two hundred documents from different regions of the country, the author proves (basing on the source) that the first estate on the eve of the Revolution was divided in terms of ideology; there was no unity in key questions concerning the future development of the church and of the state.