His name is associated with the Reign of Terror which claimed thousands of lives of “enemies of...
France
Exploring how topography was deployed as an instrument of French state formation in Louis Garneray’s Vues des...
The law’s “brooding presence” was very real to political actors in early modern France. Old Regime France,...
In the nineteenth century, domesticity and maternity became the primary cultural expectation for French women. In the...
Calling the French liars, atheists, and libertines, undoubtedly evoked a general sense of immorality and disrepute. In...
The extensive response in the British press was unprecedented. Abstract Although Europe had celebrated the end of...
The Napoleonic wars illustrate how warfare, seemingly the most conventional object of history, defies history’s most conventional...
Many British radicals interpreted the early events of the French Revolution in mythic terms – akin to the Christian apocalypse. In 1789, many...
Since the foundation of Versailles by King Louis XIV, the city often lacked water. In 1859 Versailles...
Up until this epoch, water resources consisted of an old and damaged medieval aqueduct. Operational since 1847,...
Here are five things to know about this groundbreaking, tragic figure. You probably haven’t heard of Émilie du...
Criticism of the monarchy in the press was suppressed during this period. By Jennifer Hight Introduction The...