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French History
The Jacquerie: The Medieval Peasant Uprising That Terrified France’s Aristocrats
WWI Fighters – The Nieuport 17 Was So Impressive Everybody Flew it, Including the Enemy
WWI’s Adrian Helmet: The First Modern Combat Helmet
Marshal Davout, the ‘Iron Marshal’: Napoleon’s Uncharismatic but Most Effective Military Commander
Semaine Sanglante, or Bloody Week: The Brutal Suppression of the Paris Commune
The Sicilian Vespers: How an Indecent Proposal Got Thousands of French Massacred in Sicily
Marshal Philippe Petain: From Revered National Hero in WWI to Reviled Traitor in WWII
Margaret of Valois and Henry of Navarre: A Marriage that Started With a Massacre and Ended in an Annulment
Massacres of May 8, 1945: French Soldiers Slaughtered Thousands of Algerians as France Celebrated VE Day
Eugene-Francois Vidocq, the Ex-Convict Who Founded France’s Civil Police and the World’s First Detective Agency
Louis Renault’s Journey From Revered WWI Hero to Reviled WWII Collaborator
Toussaint Louverture: Leader of History’s Most Successful Slave Revolt
The Guillotine Was Still in Use When Star Wars Was in Theaters
Dromomania: The Uncontrollable Travel Phenomenon That Swept Nineteenth Century France
Myths and Realities: Just How Short Was Napoleon?
Fighting Women: Joan of Arc, the Teenager Who Saved France, and Was Abandoned by Her Countrymen
Agnes Sorel: The Royal Mistress Who Started a Bare Boob Fashion Fad
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