These 16 nuns were guillotined in the French Revolution. Now the Pope has declared them saints
The Martyrs of Compiègne, a group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution ...
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The 15 Best Movies About The French Revolution, Ranked
Movies about the French Revolution are diverse, including costume dramas, horror films, comedies, and more, all set during ...
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French Revolution
Some of the gems may have featured in a royal scandal known as the "affair of the diamond necklace" that damaged the French queen’s reputation in 1785 Sarah Kuta The artwork was a gift from the ...
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The Martyrs of Compiègne of French Revolution are canonized after ‘walking together’
Pope Francis on Wednesday decided to make the Martyrs of Compiègne officially saints. It was a rare decision, in that no one in the Church disagreed with it. In order to understand why the ...
The Art Newspaper16d
As world cheers the restored Notre-Dame, other French churches decay
It is a surprising coda to the broadly anticlerical French Revolution—not to mention seemingly dissonant with contemporary ...
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Haiti: The First Country to Recognize Greece’s Independence
Haiti, although located over 9,000 km away from Greece, was the first country to recognize Greek independence from the ...
National Review6mon
Rediscovering a Star Artist from the French Revolution
Lethière (1760–1832) was, until the Clark and the Louvre joined in this show to survey his career, an unremembered history painter and portraitist working during the French Revolution and the ...
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Ireland and the French Revolution
In their modern forms they came about as a result of two events, the American Revolution in 1776 and the French Revolution in 1789. The French Revolution would have an enormous impact in Ireland ...