The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution ... as well as a representative government and equality before the law.

While the motto of the French revolution was “liberty ... She wanted women to be allowed to vote and be elected to government. She opposed the execution of King Louis XVI and wanted the people ...

It is a surprising coda to the broadly anticlerical French Revolution—not to mention seemingly dissonant with contemporary ...

Movies about the French Revolution are diverse ... It also manages to depict the evolution of the government bodies, from the ...

Archbishop Eduard Profittlich poses for a portrait in this undated photo. The archbishop died in a Russian prison and was ...

The French president aims to meet with “all political parties who have indicated that they are willing to compromise in order to form a government of general interest, or to make such a ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...

the French Revolution didn’t happen in Belfast. MAX: Ah, but in a funny way it did! MAX: It’s 1789 and the people of France are overthrowing the monarchy and government in the name of liberté ...