The French Revolution opposed the Church, and those crowds were not faithful Catholics – they were people who supported closing chapels and ending the teachings of the Church.

The Middle Ages were not all about tyrannical rulers and power struggles. Cooperation, compromise, and women in power were also common, according to a historian at the University of Oslo.

On June 17, 1789, after Louis denied its petition for a one man-one vote policy, the Third Estate seceded and formed the National Assembly. On July 11 Louis XVI ordered the army to disband it.

French Revolution of 1789, Land Tenure and. ... We all remember the "madness theory" which was put forth so persistently for years and years after the revolution was over.

A new period drama on Apple TV+ is serving up the story of the first celebrity chef, Antonin Carême.. Carême takes place during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte after the French Revolution. The ...

The French Revolutionaries were determined to put an end to this mess. In 1795, just six years after the Revolution, the law of 18 Geminal An III (according to the new calendar of the French Republic) ...