History of Europe

Who did napoleon sign a concrdat with and why?

In July 1801, French First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte signed the Concordat of 1801 (French: Concordat de 1801) with Pope Pius VII, re-establishing Roman Catholicism in France after it had been suppressed during the French Revolution. The concordat was a crucial step in reconciling the French people and the Catholic Church and stabilized the domestic political situation in the aftermath of the revolution.