Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

The French Revolution

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution.

There are too many 'factions' in the French Revolution! A guide to revolutionary figures for beginners

When you start researching the French Revolution, names like the Girondins, Jacobins, Montagnards, Feuillants, Plain, ...

Marie Antoinette and Madame du Barry. The French Revolution led two women who would not even speak to each other to the same fate

Marie Antoinette and Madame du Barry. The French Revolution led two women who would not even speak to each other to the same ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The French Revolution’ Review: Bastille Day and After

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 ...
NPR

Let Them Eat Kale: Vegetarians And The French Revolution

Saturday was Bastille Day, the French holiday commemorating a pivotal moment of the French Revolution: The storming of the Bastille prison. But in addition to remembering the revolutionaries with a ...
Rome Reports

Pope Stops to Pray at the Church That Became a Prison for Priests During the French Revolution – VIDEO

Joseph-des-Carmes, located within the Institut Catholique de Paris. The church is part of the former convent of the Discalced ...
Tempo

The French Revolution: France's Historical Turning Point and Its Impacts Worldwide

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The French Revolution is known as one of the greatest revolutions in Europe and the world, and one of the most remembered. This period in history was characterized by intense ...