Place de la Bastille The Place de la Bastille is often considered the epicenter of the French Revolution. It was here, on ...

"If revolution is a regime change involving collective physical force, then the key dates are 1789, 1830 and 1848," said Peter Jones, a professor of French history at the University of Birmingham ...

Eugène Delacroix’s newly cleaned 1830 painting at the Louvre has transcended its origins over time—first becoming a stirring representation of French Republicanism, then of France itself, and ...

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 ...

French Revolution. Smuggled Out of France During a Bloody Revolution, ... Eugène Delacroix’s 1830 oil painting had been covered in grime and discolored by eight layers of varnish.

The French Revolution is a landmark period in European history, but people still get a lot of it wrong. We're here to shed light on some of the most prevalent myths about Marie Antoinette, the ...