The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

With over 8 billion people spread across the Earth's nearly 25 million square miles of habitable land, proving one's identity ...

Aline et Valcour; ou, Le roman philosophique; écrit à la Bastille, un an avant la Révolution de France by Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 Publication date 1883 Publisher Bruxelles, J.-J. Gay Collection ...

Nesta H. Webster’s previous studies in the French Revolution have made her an unquestioned authority on the period; but she has not hitherto devoted special attention to elucidating the personal ...

The English word "picnic" comes from the French "pique-nique," already in use in France by the 1600s and said to refer to a group of people getting together for an informal meal and each bringing a ...

Faced with growing inequality and social strain, the plebeian council increasingly directed its energy toward social relief for ordinary citizens. Though no longer revolutionary, its institutional ...

Anyone who believes that disputes over religious orthodoxy and heresies were exclusive to Christianity is mistaken. This is ...

It is the early days of the French Revolution and, on the streets of Paris, terror reigns.Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand is a ...

When two young women – both born with the extraordinary gift of ‘sight’ – become caught up in the terrors of the French ...

Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over ...

Perhaps nothing was more decadent about aristocrats before the French Revolution than their over-the-top meals; the things French aristocrats ate even make modern Americans looks like humble ...