In 1848, before the age of the 'new imperialism', France already claimed an overseas empire extending from the Americas to Africa and the Indian Ocean. The sole North American possession France ...

What’s the best way to build a barricade? A carriage or wagon is a good start, heaved over to form a sturdy base. Next: Peel up the street cobbles and stack them any which way—so long as the bulwark ...

It may be difficult to see ourselves as Pharaohs or Caesars, but the enduring (and romantic) image of long-haired radicals storming the barricades is very familiar. The ideological battle lines of ...

ON February 22, 1848, Richard Rush, the American Minister to the Court of the Tuileries, noted in his diary that he had just returned from a soirée at the Roche-foucaulds'. The party was not large but ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The reaction from most of my friends, as I urged them to take on Christopher Clark’s massive and revelatory history of the revolutions ...

Certain years in European history — 1789, 1914 and 1989 among them — mark major inflection points, where history that had seemed to be going in one direction suddenly veered off into another. 1848, by ...

In 1848, Europe erupted. Workers, peasants, liberals, and nationalists rose across the continent to demand freedom, reform, and unity. Monarchs trembled, empires staggered, and for a brief moment, ...

The National Assembly that met in May 1848 in Frankfurt's St. Paul's Church failed in its attempt to establish a German nation-state. But on the 175th anniversary, there are calls to commemorate it as ...

Dive into a captivating glimpse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, as we explore the significant events surrounding its first battle. This brief yet insightful video captures the essence of the ...