The emblem of the French ... liberal Girondins in the National Convention. Their aim was to distance themselves from the intense violence of the ‘reign of terror’ during the revolution ...

The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars (1789–1815): The French ... The monsters of the era included: Revolutionary factions: Competing groups (Jacobins, Girondins) executed thousands in ...

Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton then wrote a letter rejecting the proposition that the French Revolution was like ... France had passed from the Girondins, who had sent Genet, to the Jacobins.

John Ferling’s “Shots Heard Round the World” explores how France and Spain came to help the colonies throw off England’s rule ...

In 1809, Jean François Tourcaty did something both strange and remarkable: he mapped a country through its food. Not its borders. Not its rivers. Not its cities. But its sausages, its wines, its ...

Daughters of the American Revolution honor John Mozena, a French soldier who joined the US in the Battle of Yorktown, during a Grave Marking Ceremony.

As with Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle, not too far north of Bordeaux, Europe has become a rallying point, a competition Les Girondins are fully invested in as potentially offering them access to ...

In Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child famously declared boeuf bourguignon "one of the most delicious beef stews concocted by man," and we couldn't agree more. It's at once cozy and ...

FOXBOROUGH — The Revolution gained their first victory of the season thanks, mainly, to finally making an opponent pay for fouling Carles Gil. It was Gil himself doing the collecting ...

For a long time Paris Saint-Germain were a collection of superstars, but now under Luis Enrique they are a team with a clear ...

With a new immigration law in France, foreigners will now be required to pass a language exam if they wish to remain in the country. Tens of thousands will be affected by this decree, and could ...