Professor F. C. de Sumichrast of the French department, will give this evening at 8 o'clock in the Fogg Lecture Room the first of four lectures, illustrated by ...

In Lectures on the French Revolution by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton, readers are given a comprehensive analysis of the French Revolution through a series of insightful lectures.

The French Revolution is a landmark period in European history, but people still get a lot of it wrong. We're here to shed light on some of the most prevalent myths about Marie Antoinette, the ...

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Saturday was Bastille Day, the French holiday commemorating a pivotal moment of the French Revolution: The storming of the Bastille prison. But in addition to remembering the revolutionaries with a ...

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Dr. E. F. Henderson will deliver the fifth of his series of lectures on the French Revolution today at 5 o'clock in the New Lecture Hall. The special topic has been changed from "The Mountain and the ...

Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic crisis. A rapidly growing population had outpaced the food supply. A severe winter in 1788 resulted in famine and widespread starvation in ...