Voting to abolish the monarchy once and for all ... tremulous episode of the French Revolution. With Prussia closing in, bodies littering the streets, and the revolutionary leaders hungry for ...

This is the French ‘Fête nationale’ which ... of the French Revolution and the subsequent fall and demise of Louis XVI and the French Monarchy. Bastille Day is celebrated on 14th July each ...

the Bastille housed only 16 prisoners a year—yet still loomed large in the minds of commoners who were starting to chafe under the monarchy. At the time, French society was divided into a ...

“That ability to adapt has been a saving grace of monarchy. Monarchies that refuse to adapt fall in dramatic fashion, like the French monarchy.” (See also the Russian monarchy, the Austro ...

The film recounts the events of the French Revolution through the perspective of George Ro, a lawyer from the Third Estate. He reflects on the significant changes in France from the monarchy to the ...