The reports of communism’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, argues Sean McMeekin in To Overthrow the World: The Rise and ...

Movies about the French Revolution are diverse, including costume dramas, horror films, comedies, and more, all set during this turbulent time period. Some movies aim for historical accuracy and shed ...

It is thought that some of the diamonds may have come from the necklace linked to a scandal that contributed Marie-Antoinette ...

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

The French grappled with this issue in the wake of revolution in 1789 as they worked on a new constitution, based on principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity. Steeped in the language of ...

A visually-captivating campaign from the car manufacturer taps into the country’s rich cultural heritage and revolutionary ...

Thinkers at the time thought of democracy as an egalitarian society that responded to the end of feudalism and the rise of a ...

A diamond necklace that has been worn at two British coronations, and is thought to have stones from the infamous necklace at ...

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 of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...

The legacy of Lafayette is being celebrated with the Lafayette Bicentennial Tour through September 2025. A celebration in ...