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.

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

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.

Her father, Patrice Higonnet, is a French historian who told his young daughter tales of the French Revolution as bedtime stories. Higonnet loved learning about her heritage, but she didn’t view ...

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.

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) ...

Members of Femme Azadi, a French group, are calling for change in Iran. PARIS -- "The revolution is getting organized," said Maneli Mirkhan, a 41-year-old French-Iranian management and strategy ...

We are in a Jacobin Revolution of the sort that in 1793-94 nearly destroyed France. ... Our French Revolution. Our French Revolution. By Victor Davis Hanson - RCP Contributor. April 06, 2023.

It was very similar to the French Revolution under Robespierre. Remember what they tried to do, they changed the days of the week, they renamed things, they tore down statues, they went after the ...