In December 1775, Pope Pius VI released his famed encyclical entitled Inscrutabilie Divinae Sapientiae. Translated as “The Inscrutable Divine Wisdom,” the Pope used his platform to issue a commentary on the most pressing issues of the time. Among the many topics he touched on were threats to the Catholic Church, the shifting politics of Europe, […]| Journal of the American Revolution
In this post we take a look at the life of Jemima’s sister Phillis Neate. On 23 October 1781 Phillis married Charles Meniconi (“Meni” to the family) who brought her considerable wealth. Sadly we only know this because he died in 1796, leaving everything to her and it is all listed in the marriage settlement she […]| The Diaries of Miss Fanny Chapman
Colin Jones discusses the interplay between scientific research and the aristocratic establishment at Versailles before the French Revolution. The post Keynote: The science that Versailles forgot appeared first on Science Museum Group Journal.| Articles Archive - Science Museum Group Journal
The Third Estate contained France's commoners - every person not ordained in the clergy or possessed of a noble or aristocratic title.| French Revolution
Food and work are scarce. Prices are high. National leadership is more concerned with their own comfort than anything else. Taxes are high and the only thing they’re funding is the millitary.…| KnotMagick Studios
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) was the wife of Louis XVI and the Queen of France for much of the French Revolution, reigning from 1774 to 1792. In her final years, Antoinette endured a scurrilous campaign of gossip that accused her of everything from political interference and disregard for the poor, to infidelity and depraved sexual conduct. … Continue reading Marie Antoinette→ The post Marie Antoinette appeared first on French Revolution.| French Revolution
This selection of French Revolution quotations contains remarks from significant leaders, political figures, philosophes and observers during the revolution, as well as some quotes from historians. It has been selected and compiled by Alpha History authors. If you would like to submit a relevant and interesting quotation, please contact Alpha History. Ancien Régime Revolutionary ideas … Continue reading French Revolution quotations→ The post French Revolution quotations appeared first on...| French Revolution
The Law of the Maximum, passed in September 1793, was an attempt by the National Convention to ease the food crisis by fixing a maximum limit for prices. This followed months of agitation and political unrest, culminating in the expulsion of the Girondins from the Convention. The Law of the Maximum was well received by … Continue reading The Law of the Maximum→ The post The Law of the Maximum appeared first on French Revolution.| French Revolution
The sans-culottes were working-class people who took to the streets of Paris during the great journées of the French Revolution.| French Revolution
Telos 208 (Fall 2024): Carl Schmitt and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy is now available for purchase in our store. Individual subscriptions to Telos are also available in both print and online formats. It hardly needs mentioning that liberal democracy is facing a number of threats today, both internal and external. Even if the political parties in the United States cannot agree on the main source of the threats, they both believe that democracy is in danger. Democrats point to the January 6...| Telos Press
The extraordinary life of Rachael Fanny Antonina Dashwood daughter of Sir Francis Dashwood| A Parcel of Ribbons
An unmentioned factor in all of this is the moronic, soul-deadened loyalism of millennials to organizations and authority figures. They, as an age cohort, are organization kids and system apparatchiks through and through and they display all of the typical faults of those who aspire to be cogs in a machine: they have no curiosity, they mindlessly accept what their authority figures tell them about anything, they erupt in fits of infantile rage against anyone and anything which is perceived as...| Tanner Hauser