The ninth of November, 1799—the 18th of Brumaire in the calendar of the French Revolution—is often remembered as the day the Revolution ended. Napoleon Bonaparte, conqueror of Italy and scourge of ...

Most people think of revolution as a violent overturning of political institutions. Parisians storming the Bastille on July 14, 1789, became a model of popular action later adopted, in 1917, by the ...

In case anyone's failed to notice, this year marks the 200th anniversary of the 'French Revolution'. This is usually seen as a series of political and social events beginning with the storming of the ...

When angry commoners stormed the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789, they struck a blow against one of the monarchy’s most forbidding symbols. The infamous prison no longer exists—it was destroyed in ...

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Mel Brooks and Pamela Stephenson in a scene from the movie History of the World: Part I. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to ...

A self-guided walking tour explores the French Revolution in the City of Light. By Paige McClanahan Photographs by Dmitry Kostyukov Paige McClanahan, the author of “The New Tourist: Waking up to the ...