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 ...

Today, we think of 1700s-era France as a period of unwashed and unparalleled squalor. While this is partially a misconception, it does contain some truth. During the 18th century, people's attitudes ...

Though Marie Antoinette may not have actually said, “Let them eat cake,” the French monarchy and aristocracy displayed an almost laughable disconnection from common people in the decades leading up to ...

While the motto of the French revolution was “liberty ... She opposed the execution of King Louis XVI and wanted the people of France to choose their own form government, without violence.

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...

Though the farthest flung draw for the New York summer people, the Clark’s summer ... painter and portraitist working during the French Revolution and the Bonaparte era from the wee pharaoh ...

and the establishment of the French Republic, which placed the power in the hands of the people. In Britain in 1688, the so-called Glorious Revolution took place when the Catholic King James II ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals Teresa Nowakowski Some of the gems may have featured ...

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 ...