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 capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. ... On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was marched to the guillotine.

David A. Bell teaches French history at Princeton. His “Shadows of Revolution: Reflections on France, Past and Present” is forthcoming from Oxford University Press. Two hundred twenty-six ...

As revolution raged in the 1790s, French scientists replaced a chaotic system of weights and measures with an unified way to calibrate and calculate. Citizens use France’s new metric measures in ...

In his book “The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea From Thucydides to Lenin,” Dan Edelstein argues that the 18th of Brumaire did not end the French Revolution but consummated it.