Conservatism, in its truest and most dignified form, has never been anti-elitist. It’s anti-revolutionary. It distrusts mob ...

France was the powerhouse of Europe. It had the continent’s biggest population, a large overseas empire and had become the ...

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Giant wigs were a must-have for any man in the court of Louis XIV. The king’s absolute love for big hair sparked a trend that spread all over 17th-century Europe. King Louis XIV (in the silver ...

EXCLUSIVE: I spent under 20 euros to explore Paris' landmarks and it took me under 12 hours to see it all. Here's the exact route I took and what I spent.

The French Revolution is escalating with the execution of King Louis XVI, in the United States, George Washington lays the ...

The search for the next JCPS leader is down to two. Here are details. The Jefferson County Board of Education is on the verge of making a momentous decision for the 96,000 students of Kentucky’s ...

Also on this date: In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. In 1868, having already been impeached by the House of Representatives, President Andrew ...

It started as a protest over the price of bread, but the women's march on Versailles ended up shaking the foundations of the French monarchy.

He noted that Ambassador Benjamin Franklin received a diamond-encrusted snuff box from France’s King Louis XVI, but only with the OK from Congress. Robert Weissman, co-president of the ...

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