Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Georges Blum looks right at home in the midst of zinc-capped bistro bars that once supported the arms and elbows of famous Frenchmen. Among a variety of cafe tables that possibly played host to ...

Toppled crowns and tumbrels to the guillotine are just part of the massive archive of images and documents released online this month. The French Revolution Digital Archive, a partnership between ...

In just two days in early September of 1792, approximately 1,200 people were slaughtered by revolutionaries in France. Of the dead, approximately 200 were Roman Catholic priests and religious, most of ...

1. The quality that makes Jules Michelet’s history so powerful is what the French call souffle—literally, breath; figuratively, inspiration, creativity, energy. Michelet understood the French ...

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Saturday was Bastille Day, the French holiday commemorating a pivotal moment of the French Revolution: The storming of the Bastille prison. But in addition to remembering the revolutionaries with a ...