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 ...

Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals Teresa Nowakowski Some of the gems may have featured ...

The French Revolution would have an enormous impact ... Poor training, lack of weapons, and bad communication and planning, meant the rebellion was easily defeated and the United Irishmen ...