the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be dismantled. Fearing powerlessness, the nobility and landowners joined the National Assembly.

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants ... called the National Assembly. Initially, most of the delegates ...

Two days prior, the National Assembly had decreed that Louis XVI ... and Dominic in the first part of our second Season of the French Revolution, as they break down the events of the Champs ...

The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled ... planters would not grant them citizenship as decreed by the National Assembly of France in its "Declaration of the Rights of Man." ...

French voters are deciding if he can keep control of the National Assembly. If the president loses his outright majority, he could struggle to push through reforms. Far-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon's ...

The government of President Emmanuel Macron collapsed Wednesday after the National Assembly voted for the first time in more than a half-century to oust a prime minister from office, a sign of the ...

After the revolution of 1789, French citizens sought uniform weights and measures throughout the nation. The National Assembly and subsequent national governments commissioned the Paris Academy of ...

Watch a view of the French National Assembly on Monday 8 July after surprise election results. France faces a hung parliament and the prospect of taxing negotiations to form a government ...

The government of President Emmanuel Macron collapsed Wednesday after the National Assembly voted for the ... of the country’s public finances. French stocks have fallen sharply in recent ...