Seeking a mandate from the French people for his policies, Louis XVI convened the Estates General. Events soon outran the ...
The history of the French Revolution shows that clamping down on dissent cannot heal political and cultural hatreds.
The display is timed for the anniversary of France’s abolition of the death penalty, and its honoring of the lawyer who campaigned to end it. By Alexis Steinman Reporting from Marseille, France During ...