The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

It was here, on July 14, 1789, that revolutionaries stormed the infamous Bastille prison, a symbol of the tyranny of the ...

This French crafting term has an interesting history linked to the French Revolution, which gives it its second meaning.

The French Revolution inspires a wave of radicalism across Europe as disenfranchised classes of society organise to challenge the ruling authorities. Video: In Search of Scotland: The Victorian ...

White House press secretary's remarks come in the wake of French politician Raphaël Glucksmann teasing that the U.S. should ...

but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General, to try and find a solution to France’s financial problems.

Travel back in time to late 18th century France and follow the development of the French Revolution. What were the underlying causes for the revolution? What was the Reign of Terror? Who was ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals Teresa Nowakowski Some of the gems may have featured ...

Lethière (1760–1832) was, until the Clark and the Louvre joined in this show to survey his career, an unremembered history painter and portraitist working during the French Revolution and the ...