Robespierre made the guillotine; the guillotine made Robespierre. And both, in the popular mind, made the French Revolution. That is, in the English-speaking world, at any rate. In the French ...

While historical record includes a wealth of evidence that backs up negative attitudes towards the gathering masses, it is also chockful of individuals who were behaving badly too and yet they tend to ...

Trevor Noah carried a pitchfork in the mob that decapitated Roseanne Barr, calling her tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett to a Planet of the Apes character “s--t-your-pants racism.” The Daily Show host ...

Poor Bitos, by Jean Anouilh. A game played for real is either war or murder. In France, the game of politics is a visceral sport. Poor Bitos hinges on this sport, but American playgoers may respond ...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Colin Jones, Professor of History at Queen Mary University of London and Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago, to discuss his new book, The Fall of ...

Today is July 27, known in the French revolutionary calendar as 9 Thermidor. It’s the anniversary of the July 27, 1794, overthrow of French revolutionary Robespierre and his cohorts Saint-Just and ...

On a warm but stormy summer Paris day in 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, a leader of the French Revolution, was taken to the Plaza de la Revolución and summarily executed by guillotine before a cheering ...

Earlier this morning I wrote about how odd it is that on the day before a US presidential election, I’m not thinking about either candidate, but about Maximilien ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to the news media after a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, May 22, 2023. Yuri Gripas Abaca Press ...