The French Revolution’s Instrument of Terror Goes on Show

The display is timed for the anniversary of France’s abolition of the death penalty, and its honoring of the lawyer who ...
Biography on MSN

How the French Revolution Forever Changed Marie Antoinette’s Family

Marie Antoinette had four children, but tragedy and the French Revolution tore the queen apart from her offspring.
Smithsonian Magazine

A Guillotine Goes on Display in Marseille, Where the Execution Device Was Last Used 48 Years Ago

A museum in the city is honoring the legacy of Minister of Justice Robert Badinter, who fought to repeal the death penalty in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

On This Day in 1793, Revolutionaries Executed the King of France by Guillotine, a Deadly Machine They Saw as a Symbol of Equality

The execution of Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, is one of the French Revolution’s most iconic moments. That morning, the French king made his last procession to the Place de la Révolution. An hour-and ...
National Catholic Register

16 Martyrs of Compiègne Followed the Lamb to the Guillotine — and to Glory

On July 17, 1794, Madame Lidoine, prioress of the Carmel of Compiègne (in religion called Mother Teresa of St. Augustine) stood with her 15 Carmelite daughters in ...
Moviefone

A Tale of Two Cities

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release ...