In Revolutionary France, the guillotine was a privilege reserved for the nobility, though the nobles themselves would surely ...

More than four decades after the guillotine was last used in an execution in France, a 150-year-old replica of the device made famous in The Terror that followed the ...

The display is timed for the anniversary of France’s abolition of the death penalty, and its honoring of the lawyer who campaigned to end it. By Alexis Steinman Reporting from Marseille, France During ...

When I hear the name Marie Antoinette, I think many people share images like "luxurious and extravagant," "an out-of-touch ...

The execution of Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, is one of the French Revolution’s most iconic moments. That morning, the French king made his last procession to the Place de la Révolution. An hour-and ...