The Declaration, first adopted in August 1789, served as an affirmation of the core values of the...
French Revolution
Charles Alexandre de Calonne presented a five-point plan to King Louis XVI for financial reform. Introduction The...
The decrees as a whole had a major impact on the destruction of France’s oppressive Ancien Régime. Introduction...
The Revolt of the Parlements was a major clash between the king and estates of France in...
The seeds of distrust planted by the Great Fear lasted far longer than the event itself. Introduction...
Some citizens were more equal than others. Introduction Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic...
What did it mean to become a citizen of the new nation? Originally published by Newberry Digital...
French revolutionaries aimed to jettison the old order and everything associated with it. During the Revolution, the...
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.” “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” These words could have been reasonably spoken...
Many British radicals interpreted the early events of the French Revolution in mythic terms – akin to the Christian apocalypse. In 1789, many...
Portrait of Edgar Quinet by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu / National Portrait Gallery Examining the connections Quinet made between...
Liberty leads the people / Wikimedia Commons Exploring the artistic expressions of the French Revolution. Edited by...
The start of the 19th century was a time of hostility between France and England, marked by...
Scenes of July 1830, a painting by Léon Cogniet alluding to the July revolution of 1830 / Wikimedia Commons...
Detail from La Liberté Triomphante (1792), showing Liberty brandishing a thunderbolt in one hand and a Phrygian cap on...
Portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre, c.1790, oil on fabric / Carnavalet Museum Lecture by Dr. John Merriman...
Prise du Palais des Tulleries, by Jacques_Bertaux, 1793 / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Robert Schwartz E. Nevius...