The second revolution that engulfed France over the course of 1792 reached its climax in December, with an astonishing, world-changing spectacle, which held all the eyes of Europe spellbound: Louis ...

Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing ... the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants ...

While the motto of the French revolution was “liberty ... She opposed the execution of King Louis XVI and wanted the people of France to choose their own form government, without violence.