The National Assembly extended citizenship to Jewish communities in eastern France, completing the legal emancipation of Jews within revolutionary France. Formal equality challenged inherited religious status distinctions, while actual access to equal treatment remained uneven and subject to changing politics.
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What did the French decree of September 1791 establish?
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The decree extended citizenship to Jewish communities in eastern France.
The 1791 French decree extended citizenship to Jews in eastern France.
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The decree completed a process that had previously left Jewish communities in the east excluded.