Anna Barker's latest column takes a look at the French Revolution.

Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to Robespierre by Jonathan Israel (Princeton) The French Revolution jump-started modern political ...

Place de Grève at the Storming of the Bastille, Jul. 14, 1789, from an 18th-century engraving by Letourmy of Orléans History News Network This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the ...

The French Revolution (1789-1799) lasted until the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Years of medieval oppression and financial mismanagement led the French people to want changes in politics ...

“In this period, the head and body of Monsieur Foulon are introduced in triumph, the head on a pike, the body dragged naked on the earth…,” reads the diary of Gouverneur Morris, later the U.S.

Bishop William Poynter (1762-1827) was an English writer and Catholic bishop, serving as Vicar Apostolic of London from 1812 to his death. He was educated at the English College of Douay and ordained ...

The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University marks another grim milestone in America’s escalating cycle of political violence. From the attempts on Donald Trump’s life to the ...