The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until the end of the 18th century. It was brought on by the public’s general ...

The French Revolution inspires a wave of radicalism across Europe as disenfranchised classes of society organise to challenge the ruling authorities. Video: In Search of Scotland: The Victorian ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals ...

Throughout history, revolutions have been pivotal in shaping societies, governments, and human events. Here are ten of the ...

By 1789 France was broke ... ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system ...

On July 14, 1789, a mob of angry Parisians stormed ... of feudalism and the rise of equality and a new world order. The French Revolution is a definitive feature-length documentary that ...

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 ...