Science and Splendor," a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, ...

61 x 90.5 cm. (24 x 35.6 in.) ...

Science and Splendour” at the Science Museum in London until April 21, 2025, shows, the French court was motivated to sponsor ...

Versailles was a palace of science, as Anna Ferrari shows in this stimulating and innovative study, accompanying a dazzling ...

Léonard Autié, often known simply as Léonard, was a French hairdresser who rose to fame during the late 18th century as the ...

These were published in 1998. The second is that, after a long period of neglect, historians have returned to the field of 18th-century French politics and some important new works have appeared. The ...

Their patronage gave rise to many remarkable developments in engineering, natural science and medicine. This "glittering" ...

A French court on Friday delivered severe sentences to several individuals found guilty of involvement in the jihadist beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty in 2020, AFP reported. Paty ...

He moved the French court and government to Versailles ... During the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI, architects Robert de Cotte, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, and Richard Mique all made significant ...

France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people ... of the Prophet Muhammad during a debate on free expression. French President Emmanuel Macron pays his respects, above.

PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people ... for violence targeting France and the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The newspaper had republished ...