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 French Revolution (1789-1799) was one of the most transformative events in world history, altering the course of Europe and influencing political ideologies globally. Its origins can be traced to ...

The French Revolution was led by sociopaths who politicized language, much like today’s Jacobins. By . Peggy Noonan. Share. Resize. King Louis XVI of France is led to the guillotine, Jan. 21, 1793.

The use of algorithms to disseminate targeted or manipulative social-media messages ... the printing press fueled the development of nationalisms and was a key lever of the French Revolution.

Workers’ revolts have a long and storied history in France. From the French Revolution to the revolutions of 1830 and 1848, the Commune in 1871, and the August 1944 general strike that helped ...

In fact, most people executed during the French Revolution – and particularly in its perceived bloodiest era, the nine-month “Reign of Terror” between autumn 1793 and summer 1794 – were ...