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

By 1789, the monarchy under Louis XVI had become increasingly bureaucratic and centralized. The Estates General, the body meant to represent the whole of the people, had not met for 175 years.

Clothes had played their part in the gathering of revolutionary momentum. Before the (entirely male) Estates General convened in May 1789, there was a heated debate about what they would wear, whether ...

This is the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta of 1215.For the first time in history a King had to agree to be subject to law and to rule according to the law and not according to his fancy. King ...