In fact, most people executed during the French Revolution – and particularly in its perceived bloodiest era, the nine-month “Reign of Terror” between autumn 1793 and summer 1794 – were ...

The story they examine is the French Revolution and how it inspired revolutions around the world. “Whenever people ask me to describe the show, I’m like, you just have to see it,” Guest says.

Marie-Antoinette, while no paragon of humility or simplicity, had genuine charitable instincts toward poor people. But after 1789, her opposition to the French Revolution made her one of the most ...

The French Revolution is a landmark period in European history, but people still get a lot of it wrong. We're here to shed light on some of the most prevalent myths about Marie Antoinette, the ...

So it wouldn't be too surprising that there could have been a few influential ones during the French Revolution, too. *Though people do associate this anthem with the French Revolution, it's ...

The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, not only had a profound effect on the French people’s individual freedom, but also on their cuisine. The revolution upended the royalty, which left ...

As revolution raged in the 1790s, French scientists replaced a chaotic system of weights and measures with an unified way to calibrate and calculate. Citizens use France’s new metric measures in ...