These 16 nuns were guillotined in the French Revolution. Now the Pope has declared them saints
A group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution were canonised by Pope ...
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Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
In 1794, French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre produced the world's first defense of "state terror" - claiming that the road to virtue lay through political violence. This film combines ...
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On This Day in 1793, Revolutionaries Executed the King of France by Guillotine, a Deadly Machine They Saw as a Symbol of Equality
Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals ...
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The French Revolution
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 ...
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Pope Francis declares French Martyrs of Compiègne saints via equipollent canonization
VATICAN— Pope Francis has officially declared the 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns of Compiègne, executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, as saints ...
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The French Revolution
Travel back in time to late 18th century France and follow the development of the French Revolution. What were the underlying causes for the revolution? What was the Reign of Terror? Who was ...