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 ...

It might have the image of being a mighty revolt from the French commoners against the monarchy, but the French Revolution was ... than the storming of the Bastille, are the events of 5 October ...

commemorates the storming of the Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution. Celebrated on July 14th each year, cities around the world join in the festivities. But none outside France ...

the Bastille held only seven prisoners, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power. Its fall was the flashpoint of the French revolution From Samurai sword in ...