France – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:21:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg France – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Sword and Silk: How Joan of Arc Used Fashion’s Power of Influence https://brewminate.com/sword-and-silk-how-joan-of-arc-used-fashions-power-of-influence/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:21:24 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=243145 Her style, like everything Joan did, was a masterpiece. By Dr. Emma Maggie SolbergAssociate Professor of EnglishBowdoin College

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]]> French Threads: Clothing and Repression during Nazi Occupation, 1940-1944 https://brewminate.com/french-threads-clothing-and-repression-during-nazi-occupation-1940-1944/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:14:03 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=245359 How fashion evolved in France in the 1930s and 1940s. By Babeth Étiève-CartwrightHead of TranslationsWorld History Encyclopedia In

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]]> Ten Years of Terror: The French Revolution and Violent Paranoia https://brewminate.com/ten-years-of-terror-the-french-revolution-and-violent-paranoia/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:01:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=198129 The Revolution quickly devolved into violent paranoia, and 20-40,000 people were killed in the Reign of Terror. Introduction

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]]> The Coup of 9 Thermidor and the Fall of Maximilien Robespierre in 1794 https://brewminate.com/the-coup-of-9-thermidor-and-the-fall-of-maximilien-robespierre-in-1794/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:40:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=192983 21 leading Robespierrists were guillotined without trial in Paris. Introduction The fall of Maximilien Robespierre, or the Coup

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]]> Louis XVI, the Girondins, and the Road to Revolutionary War in France https://brewminate.com/louis-xvi-the-girondins-and-the-road-to-revolutionary-war-in-france/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:30:27 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=193306 The Girondins, gifted orators, were soon to be known as Brissotins, after their leader Jacques-Pierre Brissot. Introduction On

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]]> Out of Control: The Impact of Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt, 1798-1801 https://brewminate.com/out-of-control-the-impact-of-napoleon-bonaparte-in-egypt-1798-1801/ Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:41:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=202626 Examining the actions of Napoleon and his army and how that influenced the Egyptians’ perception of Westerners. Introduction

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]]> Marble and Monarchy: The Palace of Versailles as Power Scripted in Stone https://brewminate.com/marble-and-monarchy-the-palace-of-versailles-as-power-scripted-in-stone/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:22:51 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=259494 If it now serves as a monument more than a mandate, it is because it accomplished what it

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]]> The Archives Nationales and the Birth of the Modern Archive in 1790 France https://brewminate.com/the-archives-nationales-and-the-birth-of-the-modern-archive-in-1790-france/ Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:15:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258749 By preserving the past of a regime they overthrew, the French revolutionaries revealed a deeper commitment: to truth,

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]]> French Heritage Festivals and Cultural Movements That Shaped North America https://brewminate.com/french-heritage-festivals-and-cultural-movements-that-shaped-north-america/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:40:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=255971 French settlers brought a huge range of entertainment to North America. From folk music to dance and even

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]]> How the Palace of Versailles Drove Early Modern Scientific Advances https://brewminate.com/how-the-palace-of-versailles-drove-early-modern-scientific-advances/ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:26:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=252017 The Palace was also a mark of 17th-century engineering innovation. By Sonja AndersonDaily Correspondent/ContributorSmithsonian Magazine The sprawling grounds

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