The French Revolution began in 1789, and tensions peaked with King Louis and Marie Antoinette’s failed escape attempt in 1791 ...

The ideological spectrum was born in France about 237 years ago.

Brigitte Bardot, who died at the age of 91 on Sunday, lived a life filled with contradiction and controversy, but became a ...

The country is falling apart, pushed to the brink by failing resources and a nuclear defeat last summer. But as long as its minions are ready to slaughter dissidents, the ...

In the middle of this political crisis, a small church, the Collégiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Roquemaure, 673km south of Paris, commissioned a poem to celebrate the restoration of their church organ.

French film star and activist Bardot, who has died at 91, lurched to the right after she retired from motion pictures in 1973 ...

Two recent books, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein and Revolutions: A ...

After a shaky start, this function came to be fulfilled by political parties. Nowadays, parties are largely viewed as tribal, ...

From the counterculture of the 1960s to today’s ‘Gen Z revolutions’, mass uprisings have repeatedly failed to dismantle ...

Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the recent news event of a fire at the iconic landmark. It was originally published in the May/June 2017 issue of National Geographic History Magazine.

Abraham Lincoln demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that our Founding Fathers believed slavery was a moral wrong.

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