Throughout history, revolutions have been pivotal in shaping societies, governments, and human events. Here are ten of the ...

By 1789 France was broke ... ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system ...

The French Revolution (1789- 1799) saw years of violence after the overthrow of France's ruling aristocracy led to the establishment of a republic. Abolitionists were widely viewed as being as ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into ... In 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte, who had seized power in France in 1799, sought to restore slavery to the West Indies through ...

This module introduces students to the major events of the French Revolution (1789-1799) as perceived and recorded by a diverse range of writers, artists and thinkers at the time. It examines how the ...