Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing ... the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants ...

A history of the French Revolution from the decision of King Louis XVI to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the ...

One of the best-known works of art at the New Orleans ... flower vase prominently next to the French crown, which sits on a pillow embroidered with Louis XVI’s House of Bourbon fleur-de-lis ...