Military victories were essential in helping America win its independence from Britain. Early successes gave the Patriots ...

Perhaps nothing was more decadent about aristocrats before the French Revolution than their over-the-top meals; the things ...

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), often known simply as Lafayette, French aristocrat and military officer ,key figure in the French ...

Before the Pacers and Spurs tip off in Paris, here's how French players have become such an important part of the NBA's culture — and a huge part of its future.

Religion and the French Revolution. Established in the 16th century by two saints, Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross, the Order of Discalced Carmelites is a Catholic religious order.

Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed the martyrdom and heroic virtues of five others in a series of decrees ...

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.

Production name The Glorious French Revolution (or: why sometimes it takes a guillotine to get anything done) Venue New Diorama Theatre. Location London. Starts 14/11/2024. Ends 14/12/2024.

The French Revolution is a landmark period in European history, but people still get a lot of it wrong. We're here to shed light on some of the most prevalent myths about Marie Antoinette, the ...

U.S. Magazine & Democratic Review, Vol.I, No. I. 1837. By John L. O’Sullivan. No sooner was the Corsican lion overpowered, and the great, but degenerate, representative of the French revolution ...

The French revolutionaries, on the other hand, were trying to destroy French society as they knew it and start over with something else. Bloodshed was in the revolution’s DNA.