The storming of the Bastille was the opening act in a century-long upheaval that broke with the premodern world and finally put ordinary people in charge of their nation’s destiny. That’s the legacy of the French Revolution.

Deep inequalities in taxation played a key role in fueling the French Revolution, according to a new study published by the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin). For the first time, economists have substantiated this with figures.

Bastille Day (July 14) marks the anniversary of one of the most important events in modern history, the storming of

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More than 200 years later, historians are still gleaning some unexpected insights from the French Revolution—not about tyranny or liberty—but rather, inflation. "Revolutionary France experienced the first modern hyperinflation," said Louis Rouanet, Ph ...

1. The quality that makes Jules Michelet’s history so powerful is what the French call souffle—literally, breath; figuratively, inspiration, creativity, energy. Michelet understood the French Revolution as a collective triumph; he describes it as the ...

The 19th century did not bring respite to the French people, who suffered through more revolution and successive wars that didn't abate until after the Second World War. All of this began because those in power didn't seize the opportunity to address fundamental flaws in their system.