French Revolution

Animation: Santorum vs the French Revolution (Actual Audio)

Scott Bateman | Posted 04.24.2012

Scott Bateman

Uh oh, Rick Santorum's trying to horn in on Newt Gingrich's history professor action. And he's off to a good start -- he approaches Newt's accuracy level of zero in this actual audio clip.

The Perfect Art Book For Your Valentine

Posted 02.14.2012

Nothing says "I love you... and I'm an intellectual, I swear!!!" like a thoughtful and stimulating book. Valentine's Day is stressful enough as it is,...

Lincoln and Douglass Would Be Angry

Alan Singer | Posted 03.06.2012

Alan Singer

Life sized bronze statues of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass stand at the entrances to the New-York Historical Society (N-YHS) greeting visitor...

PHOTOS: Fairytale Meets Gosspip In Marie Antoinette's Modern Makeover

Posted 01.03.2012

Marilyn Holsing's exhibition 'Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette' juxtaposes the endless expanse of the imagination when a little girl is playing...

Putting the Latest 'Year of the Protester' Into Historical Perspective

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 03.02.2012

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Though 2011 was a precedent-setting and history-making year for protest in many, it was also one that conformed at many points to familiar patterns.

Why the Bankers Aren't In Jail

Lyric Hughes Hale | Posted 02.11.2012

Lyric Hughes Hale

The reasons that there aren't any trophy heads after the financial crisis are plentiful: there are legal obstacles, practical obstacles, a lack of personnel, and general fuzziness about how economic crimes are defined.

WATCH: Floating Opera

Posted 12.06.2011

Powdered wig-wearing patriots bounce on an inflatable mountaintop. Mermaids twirl while suspended in thin air. A battle breaks out on top of a giant, ...

Vive La France: Paris Celebrates Bastille Day In Spectacular Style

Posted 09.13.2011

Paris was the scene of colorful military parades and spectacular air displays as proud citizens took to the Champs-Élysées avenue to celebrate Basti...

Royal Wedding, Eat Your Heart Out: Scandalous Georgian Caricatures

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 06.27.2011

The imminent Royal Wedding between England's Prince William and commoner Kate Middleton has met with a wide array of artwork created in response. The ...

The French Revolution As You've Never Seen It -- As a Graphic Novel

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 06.04.2011

Jesse Kornbluth

The Sky Over the Louvre, by esteemed cartoonist Bernar Yslaire, demonstrates understanding -- even mastery -- of a fascinating historical episode, and is a powerful aesthetic experience.

Meatless Monday: Dealing With Abundant Scarcity

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.28.2011

Ellen Kanner

With all the hype about greening your life, one of the most basic things you can do happens to be the most important -- going for a more plant-based diet.

Ethiopia: Broken Contract, Broken Faith, Broken Country

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Alemayehu G. Mariam

It isn't clear what Zenawi means in his repeated use of the word "contract" to describe the relationship between the people of Ethiopia and his party.

How to Spread Revolution Without the Internet

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.25.2011

Louise Mirrer

Two centuries ago, news of revolution -- and revolution itself -- reverberated back and forth across the Atlantic at astonishing speed. The social media of the day? Word-of-mouth information, rumor, and opinion.

What Is the Arab Third Estate?

Uriel Abulof | Posted 01.03.2012

Uriel Abulof

For two long centuries, the Arab Middle East has struggled to meet the challenge of modernity, a task exacerbated by the lingering, and increasing, dissonance between the glorious past and the shameful present.

INTERNATIONAL ART: King Henri IV's Head Identified And Sent Back To Crypt, After Two Centuries

France24 | Posted 05.25.2011

AFP - He was one of France's most adored kings, a monarch known as "le bon roi Henri" (good king Henri), who promoted religious tolerance, was a hit w...

French King's Skull Returned

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 05.25.2011

PARIS — A 400-year-old skull that researchers say belonged to celebrated French King Henri IV was donated Thursday to a descendant – the p...

Cooking Art History: The Early American Foodie

Maite Gomez-Rejon | Posted 05.25.2011

Maite Gomez-Rejon

Though no stranger to French cuisine when he set sail, Thomas Jefferson's years spent in France completely revolutionized his culinary thinking and opened up a new gastronomic world for him.

France's Mass Strikes Are No Tea Party

Eric Margolis | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Margolis

Walk down any street in the old part of Paris behind the Louvre, and you see large numbers of unwashed, evil-looking ruffians just waiting for an excuse to riot, loot and burn.

The Hero Of The Haitian Revolution

The New York Review of Books | David Brion Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

David Brion Davis The New York Review of Books Toussaint Louverture: A Biography, by Madison Smartt Bell (Pantheon) The Haitian Revolution of 1791-1...

Meatless Monday: Storm the Bastille with Green Bean Salad (Recipe)

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011

Ellen Kanner

Tomorrow is Bastille Day, celebrating the start of the French Revolution. The French Revolution didn't happen because it seemed like a fun idea with ...

Louis XVI's Final Testament Recovered

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

Louis XVI's final testament written shortly before his execution has been recovered more than two centuries after it disappeared during the French Rev...