The French Revolution (1789-1799) was one of the most transformative events in world history, altering the course of Europe and influencing political ideologies globally. Its origins can be traced to ...

We Americans don’t celebrate Bastille Day as heartily as the French do, but honestly, the way things are going, someday we ...

They died singing hymns and refusing to renounce Christ. The Blessed Martyrs of Orange gave their lives on an 1,800-year-old ...

For a lot of people, mention of the French Revolution conjures up images of wealthy nobles being led to the guillotine. Thanks to countless movies, books and half-remembered history lessons, many ...

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution.

To understand if the national movement in Iran will end up like the French Revolution or the 1979 Iranian Revolution, we need ...

If you think 'Les Misérables' taught you everything you need to know about the French Revolution, you might be surprised to learn that it was actually set during a completely different uprising.

We are in a Jacobin Revolution of the sort that in 1793-94 nearly destroyed France. And things are getting scary. The Democratic Party vanished sometime in ...

“Liberty Equality Fashion” explores radical shifts in fashion that embodied the ideas of the French Revolution and the women who led the charge.

Michelet understood the French Revolution as a collective triumph; he describes it as the destruction of a world built up by centuries of oppression, and the creation of a new order, for the ...