It’s noteworthy that the Constitution of the United States went into effect in 1789, the same year as the storming of the Bastille and launch of the French Revolution.

The French grappled with this issue in the wake of revolution in 1789 as they worked on a new constitution, based on principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity.

French voters have bounced back towards supporting the constitution, the most recent opinion polls show. Westwood advised them: "Don't bore yourselves reading all 800 pages of the treaty.

In his book “The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea From Thucydides to Lenin,” Dan Edelstein argues that the 18th of Brumaire did not end the French Revolution but consummated it.

French voters rejected the European Union's proposed constitution Sunday, ... a symbol of rebellion where angry crowds in 1789 stormed the prison and sparked the French Revolution.

1. Misconception: Les Misérables takes place during the French Revolution. After seeing the 2012 film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables in theaters, historian Julia Gossard caught a ...

Emperor of the French In 1795, a new constitution was adopted, ... Years later Thomas Jefferson would admit that his own support for the French Revolution was misguided: ...

European cultural icons, from pop singers to philosophers, turned a conference in Paris this week into a love-fest for the proposed EU constitution, as the French President made a second ...