Seeking a mandate from the French people for his policies, Louis XVI convened the Estates General. Events soon outran the ...

In case anyone's failed to notice, this year marks the 200th anniversary of the 'French Revolution'. This is usually seen as a series of political and social events beginning with the storming of the ...

Protest movements in France invariably carry echoes of class warfare and the 1789 revolution. The yellow-jacketed gilets jaunes, who managed to mobilise 290,000 people across France on Saturday, ...

Sir, I hesitate to correct a French presidential candidate about the history of his own country (“Europe holds its destiny in its own hands”. Emmanuel Macron, January 25) but the moment when the ...

Each year in France, Bastille Day is celebrated, commemorating the turning point of the French Revolution in 1789 Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In the summer of 1789, France was embroiled in political and social bedlam. Decades ...