In France, life expectancy in the mid-18th century was just 25 years, rising to between 60 and 70 by the end of the Second World War. These days, life expectancy in France is a little over 79 for ...

The 17th-Century Heretic We Could ... whose political motto was “true freedom,” was lynched and mutilated by a mob whipped into a frenzy by reactionary rabble ... Catholics in France, ...

Such a move could have helped drag the country out of the 17th century, where it has so long been mired. But there was still the question of a ballooning budget deficit and national debt.

By the late 17th century, Europe had begun to regard China as more than Marco Polo’s land of legends. With an increase in luxury goods—notably porcelain—heading west, and scientific ...

France TV Distribution has boarded worldwide rights on a pair of documentary features, “Nuremberg, the Trial of the Century” and “Egypt Decoded: Raiders of the Lost Pharaohs,” in the run ...

‘Carême’ brings ‘yes, chef’ energy to 19th-century France. Benjamin Voisin in "Carême." Apple TV+. The new Apple TV+ ... and two-parts French political thriller.