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La Rochelle, a Protestant Stronghold of the French Reformation
Article by Stephen M Davis

La Rochelle, a Protestant Stronghold of the French Reformation

La Rochelle emerged early in the French Reformation as a Protestant political and military center. The city's fortifications withstood repeated sieges over the years. In 1627, La Rochelle was besieged by Cardinal Richelieu (l. 1585-1642...
Robespierre & the Death Penalty
Article by Harrison W. Mark

Robespierre & the Death Penalty

"I come to ask, not the gods, but legislators…to erase from the code of the French the blood laws that command judicial murders" (Robespierre, 6). These impassioned words, spoken by Maximilien Robespierre before France's National Constituent...
Trial of Louis XVI
Image by Reinier Vinkeles

Trial of Louis XVI

The trial of King Louis XVI of France, on 26 December 1792, engraving by Reinier Vinkeles, c. 1793-96. Louis himself can be seen prominently in the lower right, holding a sheet of paper from which he reads his defense. He is flanked by his...
Louis XVII and Antoine Simon
Image by Yan' Dargent

Louis XVII and Antoine Simon

Louis-Charles de France (Louis XVII of France) and his jailor, the cobbler Antoine Simon; later royalist writers told of the abuses inflicted by Simon. Engraving by Yan' Dargent, from Histoire de la Révolution by Adolphe Thiers, Ed. 1866...
Examination of Louis the Last
Image by Éléonore Sophie Rebel

Examination of Louis the Last

A depiction of the examination of King Louis XVI of France during his trial on 26 December 1792, with a description that read "the examination of Louis the Last". Illustration by Éléonore Sophie Rebel in Histoire-musée de la république Française...
Louis XVII of France
Image by Alexander Kucharsky

Louis XVII of France

Portrait of the dauphin Louis-Charles de France (1785-1795), recognized by royalists as King Louis XVII of France. Oil on canvas by Alexander Kucharsky, 1792. Palace of Versailles.
Portrait of Louis XVI of France
Image by Antoine-François Callet

Portrait of Louis XVI of France

Portrait of Louis XVI of France, oil on canvas painting by Antoine-François Callet, 1786. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
Return of Louis XVI to Paris After Varennes
Image by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux

Return of Louis XVI to Paris After Varennes

Depicts the return of Louis XVI and his family to Paris after their failed escape, 25 June 1791. By Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, c. 1791.
Execution of Louis XVI
Image by Isidore Stanislas Helman

Execution of Louis XVI

Engraving depicting the execution of King Louis XVI of France by guillotine on 21 January 1793, in the Place de la Revolution, Paris. The executioner displays his severed head to the crowd. Engraving by Isidore Stanislas Helman, after Charles...
Louis XVI of France
Image by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis

Louis XVI of France

Portrait of Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre (1754-1793), oil on canvas painting by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, formerly attributed to Antoine-François Callet, c 1774-1776. Palace of Versailles.
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