ARE reformer-rulers jinxed? Why do they often suffer the dire consequences of the misrule of their predecessors? Sultan Tuman Bay the Second, the Mamluk reformer-ruler of Egypt; Emperor Louis XVI, the ...

Achieved on the back of a breakdown in Franco-Algerian relations, Rassemblement National's first parliamentary victory late ...

When the French Revolution began in 1789, France was nearly bankrupt. Panicked legislators pushed to print paper money, but ...

The scene illustrates as well as anything the problem of trying to write a history of that endlessly fascinating but ...

Revisit the birth of the United States of America in the exhibit, “America at 250: Revolution Remembered” in the James S. Noel Collection on the third floor of the LSUS Noel Memorial Library. Dig into ...

Bonaparte mixes the strategy of Crusader Kings 3 with the mech combat of Armored Core and Battletech, and we've got ten free ...

Over the course of this weekend, in the presence of world leaders and heads of state, the interior of Notre Dame Cathedral will re-open for the first time since the catastrophic fire of April 15, 2019 ...

According to figures from the United Nations, the richest one per cent of people worldwide have almost half the world’s ...

Finally, for a whole world of "doubles," this tourist attraction in Kota, Rajasthan features miniature replicas of Christ the ...

Told over six installments, "The American Revolution" is an expansive look at the virtues and contradictions of the war and ...

The revolutionaries include the pamphleteer writing in his study, the journalist, the agitator, the organizer, the campus ...

The Parisian museum has recently made headlines for all the wrong reasons—so now is a good time to remember its greatness ...