Louis Delanois, menuisier en sièges (1731-1792)

In 1792, the French army occupied Belgium, and the Russian army, closely followed by the Prussian, occupied Poland. In both cases the entering powers announced themselves as libera...

This chapter focuses on Louis St. Ange de Bellerive's time as commandant at St. Louis. As of the spring of 1765, no government existed at what would eventually become St. Louis. Th...

This chapter discusses the development of skating in the Continent. Skating on bladed skates, as practiced in the Netherlands and England, arrived in France sometime in the eightee...

The important role played by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in the radicalization of the early phase of the French Revolution has never been in doubt. Most histories continue to fo...