Mathematician and author, the Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) was an aristocrat who nevertheless embraced the early stage of the French Revolution. Even as the Jacobins hunted him down during the ...

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“Liberty Equality Fashion” explores radical shifts in fashion that embodied the ideas of the French Revolution and the women who led the charge. By Dina Gachman Most days, Anne Higonnet is able to ...

This scene during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, Friday, July 26, 2024, was meant to represent the Greek gods during a banquet, according to organizers. (Religious News ...

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 ...

Beginning in 1940, France, acting through its puppet government in Vichy, adopted a series of laws, rules and regulations that were intended to isolate, segregate and ultimately eliminate all Jews ...