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

Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

The lock of hair, stored under glass on a brass medallion, has sold at auction outside Paris. According to legend, the French queen's locks turned white from stress the night before she died.

The second revolution that engulfed France over the course of 1792 reached its climax in December, with an astonishing, world-changing spectacle, which held all the eyes of Europe spellbound ...

Religion and the French Revolution Established in the 16th century by two saints, Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross, the Order of Discalced Carmelites is a Catholic religious order.

A film of the same title came out in 1960. A version was made for French television in 1984, and the scene of the execution of the martyrs is widely featured on social media.

Though the French Revolution’s start and end dates aren’t exactly set in stone, it’s generally agreed that it kicked off in the late 1780s.

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics featured a representation of Marie Antoinette's execution, recalling her tragic end during the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette, the former Queen of ...

This French film, whose original title (Un Peuple et son Roi) would be more accurately translated as “a people and its king,” is a chronicle of the Revolution from the fall of the Bastille to the ...

She was also giving piano lessons to the young Johann Baptist Cramer. From prosperous performer to political prisoner The French Revolution erupted across the country in 1789, unleashing a tide of ...