The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

Movies about the French Revolution are diverse, including costume dramas, horror films, comedies, and more, all set during ...

The French Revolution inspires a wave of radicalism across Europe as disenfranchised classes of society organise to challenge the ruling authorities. Video: In Search of Scotland: The Victorian ...

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 ...

Travel back in time to late 18th century France and follow the development of the French Revolution. What were the underlying causes for the revolution? What was the Reign of Terror? Who was ...

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 ...

Parvev, Ivan 2019. The Struggle for World Dominationand the Great Eastern Crisis of 1875-1878. Slavs and Russia, p. 137.

The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until the end of the 18 th century. It was brought on by the public’s general disapproval of French aristocracy and King Louis XVI’s lavish ...

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 ...

Workers at the historic catacombs of Paris are rebuilding a wall containing remains of martyrs from the French Revolution. The massive underground gravesite houses up to 7 million bodies ...