When anticlericalism became a clear goal of French revolutionaries, counter-revolutionaries seeking to restore tradition and the Ancien Regime took up arms, particularly in the War in the Vendée, which is regarded by some historians as the first modern genocide.
Counter-revolutionaries seeking to restore tradition and the Ancien Regime took up arms. This was particularly in the War in the Vendée. Anticlericalism became a clear goal of French revolutionaries. The Vendée is regarded by some historians as the first modern genocide.