WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- It's generally agreed that the War for American Independence (1775-1783) was one of the few revolutions to result in a government better than the one it overthrew. In this ...
Radical liberalism, the execution of King Louis XVI and the Reign of Terror were not the only factors shaping the French Revolution of 1789, according to Prof. Ian ...
For those who have an abiding interest in the French Revolution, Peter McPhee's Liberty or Death will be the culmination of a lifetime of reading and reflection, just as it is the culmination of many ...
In the first days of the French Revolution, minor nobles and the French lower classes hoped for greater liberties. Instead, as Zamoyski (Warsaw 1920) reveals in this meticulous, thorough account, the ...
On 8 December 2018, at the peak of the gilets jaunes crisis, a helicopter stood ready to take off in the gardens of the Élysée Palace. Protesters had threatened to storm the president’s residence, and ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Most people know of 1789, when the starving peasants and the ambitious bourgeoisie ...
Jews in every country have their own unique but similar tale of woe to tell. During the reign of Charlemagne, the Jews of France enjoyed almost complete religious freedom but with the breakup of the ...
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