It underpinned the French Revolution and has been a basic tenet of the country's progressive thought since the 18th Century. Headscarves challenge French secular traditions To this day, anything that ...

In Revolution-era Paris, three radically chic media stars swept away centuries of strictures about what women should wear and how they should live. A new book unveils the other French Revolution.

The discovery of the plates shed light on the role of fashion in the French Revolution, and on the contributions of the three audacious women who led the charge — a story that Higonnet tells in ...

We are in a Jacobin Revolution of the sort that in 1793-94 nearly destroyed France. ... Our French Revolution. Our French Revolution. By Victor Davis Hanson - RCP Contributor. April 06, 2023.

N ow that France is in turmoil, its chickens-come-home-to-roost riots so like our own instability, it’s fitting that the Midyear Reckoning is primarily of French movies. The prospect of Western ...

1. Misconception: Les Misérables takes place during the French Revolution. After seeing the 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables in theaters, historian Julia Gossard caught a ...

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...