the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be dismantled. Fearing powerlessness, the nobility and landowners joined the National Assembly.

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants ... called the National Assembly. Initially, most of the delegates ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled ... planters would not grant them citizenship as decreed by the National Assembly of France in its "Declaration of the Rights of Man." ...

The government of President Emmanuel Macron collapsed Wednesday after the National Assembly voted for the ... of the ...

France's National Assembly held a session on Wednesday ... a fundamental principle of the French Republic. Advocates of a strict interpretation argued that claims of Islamophobia risk promoting ...

After the revolution of 1789, French citizens sought uniform weights and measures throughout the nation. The National Assembly and subsequent national governments commissioned the Paris Academy of ...