French History
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Book Review of Marie Thérèse, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter, by Susan Nagel's more...
The Estates General was the governing body of France since the Middle Ages. By the French Revolution the Third Estate has decided to make some changes. more...
What Caused the French Revolution
Money problems, an outdated social system and the influence of the American Revolution all played a role in the start of the French Revolution. more...
The House of Bourbon saw the rise of the absolute monarch in France and the end of the French Monarchy. The palace of Versailles was built by a bourbon king. more...
The House of Valois ruled during the European Renaissance, Protestant reformation, and the French Wars of Religion. more...
French women helped spread the enlightenment through their salons, where French philosophes mixed with the most brilliant thinkers of Europe. more...
French philosophers of the Enlightenment, including Montaigne, Descartes and Voltaire. more...
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By: Jim Osborn
In France in 1783 the Montgolfier brothers are the first in history to leave the earths surface in a balloon, aviation madness was born! The next step, Powered Flight! more...
Strange Eating Habits of Louis XIV
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Diane Farrug
Louis XIV (1638-1715) has gone down in history for his legendary reign from the palace of Versailles, and also for his legendary appetite. This king loved to eat! more...
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Lori Henry
Told through the eyes of the working class, criminals, artists, poets, street people and sex trader workers more...
By: Lyn Michaud
Instead of just complaining amongst themselves, French citizens took up a battle cry to create change in government and society. more...
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