Construction on the church began in 1764, but several events delayed its completion, including the original architect's death and the French Revolution. In 1806, Napoleon recategorized the church ...

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ... taxes and they took on the incredibly wealthy and powerful Catholic church. Above all, they declared the rights of man, the equality of ...