France represented a worst-case scenario. Its absolutist kings had ruled without France’s legislature – the Estates General – for more than a century and a half at the time of the American Revolution.

The first thing to say about laissez-faire liberalism is that it arose in Europe, specifically in Western Christendom. This ...

The Estates General, the body meant to represent the whole of the people, had not met for 175 years. Most of France belonged to the Third Estate (the commoners), which did not feel their ...

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George III, king of Great Britain and its colonies at the time of the American Revolution, has been maligned unfairly. During ...

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“Although Luxembourg isn’t a large country and its royals might not be as famous, they have amassed quite a lot of wealth,” ...

Napoleon’s impact on the world cannot be understated. He upset the entire balance of power in the world and conquered most of ...

“On the other end of the spectrum, 40 per cent of the small independent grower Champagne estates are owned by ... woman in the wine world, and in France, it was a double-whammy – not just ...

(This list primarily targets retirees from the US, but it also contains helpful general information ... retirees with sizable estates should take into consideration. France’s bureaucracy ...