It was here, on July 14, 1789, that revolutionaries stormed the infamous Bastille prison, a symbol of the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchy. Today, the fortress is no more, but the square remains a ...

These ideas sparked more controversy in Paris, leading to various stressors such as economic strife, social inequalities, and a desire for political reform, leading to the French Revolution ...

Workers at the historic catacombs of Paris are rebuilding a wall containing remains of martyrs from the French Revolution. The massive underground gravesite houses up to 7 million bodies ...

Rising prices in Paris brought bread riots ... one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the ...

such as the French Revolution. The Paralympic Phryge is on a mission to lead a revolution through sport. Together with the Olympic Phryge, the mascot explored various sports and activities, embodying ...

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 ...

The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ... The king’s powers were stripped away and he was ordered not to leave Paris. The leaders of this popular revolt had genuinely revolutionary ...

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 ...