Happy Bastille Day! 222 years ago a mob of angry French revolutionaries raided a prison, freed a bunch of people and then went about dismantling their repressive monarchy. Sort of. But really, what’s ...

Seeking a mandate from the French people for his policies, Louis XVI convened the Estates General. Events soon outran the ...

Turn on the television during election season, and the role that fear plays in contemporary political life couldn’t be more obvious: the ominous music, the clips of shadowy masked figures, the ...

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for its upcoming French Revolution drama La Revolution - and based on the first look it seems set to be a violent and bloody affair. The series will debut on the ...

Two teachers in Hawaii have found a way to make lessons about centuries-old people and events relevant to their high school students: Teach them to the tune of Lady Gaga. According to the Honolulu ...

For a lot of people, mention of the French Revolution conjures up images of wealthy nobles being led to the guillotine. Thanks to countless movies, books and half-remembered history lessons, many have ...