The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution ... as well as a representative government and equality before the law.

It might have the image of being a mighty revolt from the French commoners against the monarchy, but the French Revolution was ... to vote and be elected to government. She opposed the execution ...

Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed ...

Not only was the British government fighting a war ... What was new, however, was the influence from abroad in the shape of French revolutionary principles. Nowhere was this more apparent than in ...