When the newly founded French Republic tried to force submission to its regime and stamp out the remains of French faith and ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...