But the French Revolution and Napoleonic era decidedly ... There had been some resistance throughout Europe to such policies, whether from elites wedded to ideas of personal responsibility or ...

Bell teaches French history at Princeton. His “Shadows of Revolution: Reflections on France ... particularly on the European and American right, as a proto-totalitarian who lusted after absolute ...

France was the powerhouse of Europe. It had the continent’s biggest population, a large overseas empire and had become the hub of the Enlightenment. But the country was to be transformed and engulfed ...

The death of French general Jean-Baptiste Gouvion. French Revolution Digital Archive Celebrations for the Fête de la Fédération, the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille. French ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...

But perhaps there is no greater example of the explosive intersection of climate disruption and political upheaval than the period surrounding the French Revolution of 1789. Starting in the mid ...

The French Revolution would have an enormous impact in Ireland and on Belfast in particular. The revolution sent shockwaves across the monarchies and governments of Europe. They were determined ...

Both during the revolution and its imperial aftermath, the Vatican resisted the republican order Paris was trying to impose across Europe. The French responded by marching on Rome twice - in 1798 and ...