France was the powerhouse of Europe. It had the continent’s biggest population, a large overseas empire and had become the ...

By 1789, France was in an uproar. The country faced severe food shortages, skyrocketing bread prices, and out-of-control unemployment. Poor harvests in 1788 had wrecked the rural economy.

A history of the French Revolution from the decision of King Louis XVI to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the ...

But when I think or read about those events, I still feel emotional and – I make this confession because it reveals the cult’s purpose – proud to be French. The revolution of 1789 brought down an ...

In Revolution-era Paris, three radically chic media stars swept away centuries of strictures about what women should wear and how they should live. A new book unveils the other French Revolution.

On July 14, 1789, thousands of Parisians stormed the prison to protest King Louis XVI's abuse of power. It was a defining moment of the revolution that toppled the monarchy.

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To explanations of the French Revolution of 1789, as to the making of books, there appears to be no end. We all remember the "madness theory" which was put forth so persistently for years and ...

Selected by Robert Darnton, the author of ‘The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789. ... The History of the French Revolution. By Jules Michelet (1847) 1.