This captivating alternative history video explores a hypothetical scenario of what would happen if a massive revolution ...

The French Revolution dismantled the ancien régime and redefined the relationship between state power and citizens. Historians have long emphasized the role of the monarchy's extractive and deeply ...

Anna Barker's latest column takes a look at the French Revolution.

The French Revolution (1789-1799) lasted until the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Years of medieval oppression and financial mismanagement led the French people to want changes in politics ...

Whenever a revolutionary movement begins calling for the existing social order to be overthrown, it doesn’t take long for a reference to July 14, 1789, to surface – that’s when an angry mob dismantled ...

Bastille Day celebrations mark a historical motif that has been imprinted on French society since, writes LARA MARLOWE in Paris… Bastille Day celebrations mark a historical motif that has been ...

Saturday was Bastille Day, the French holiday commemorating a pivotal moment of the French Revolution: The storming of the Bastille prison. But in addition to remembering the revolutionaries with a ...

When Bastille Day comes around each summer on July 14, I just can’t bring myself to pop the cork on a bottle of Champagne-style California sparkling wine (the kind I can afford). The Fête Nationale ...