On July 14, 1789, thousands of Parisians stormed the prison to protest King Louis XVI's abuse of power. It was a defining moment of the revolution that toppled the monarchy.

The most famous quote of the French revolution was, after all, a food metaphor: “let them eat cake.” In centuries past, salt was even more of a staple than it is today.

1. Misconception: Les Misérables takes place during the French Revolution. After seeing the 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables in theaters, historian Julia Gossard caught a ...

The modern understanding of revolution emerged late, during the Enlightenment and French Revolution that are the expertise of Mr. Edelstein, a professor at Stanford University.

It underpinned the French Revolution and has been a basic tenet of the country's progressive thought since the 18th Century. Headscarves challenge French secular traditions To this day, anything that ...