Codex
Maximilien Robespierre
1. Who was Robespierre, and why does he matter? Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) was a French lawyer and politician who became one of the most powerful and controversial figures of the...
Maximilien Robespierre
1. Who was Robespierre, and why does he matter? Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) was a French lawyer and politician who became one of the most powerful and controversial figures of the...
Le Moulin Rouges
1. How and why was the Moulin Rouge founded? The Moulin Rouge opened its doors on 6 October 1889, the same year the Eiffel Tower was unveiled for the Universal...
Le Moulin Rouges
1. How and why was the Moulin Rouge founded? The Moulin Rouge opened its doors on 6 October 1889, the same year the Eiffel Tower was unveiled for the Universal...
Charles de Gaulle
1. Who was Charles de Gaulle, and why does he matter? Charles de Gaulle (1890 to 1970) was a French general and statesman who shaped his country’s destiny across three...
Charles de Gaulle
1. Who was Charles de Gaulle, and why does he matter? Charles de Gaulle (1890 to 1970) was a French general and statesman who shaped his country’s destiny across three...
Marquis de Lafayette
1. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette, and why does he matter? Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), was a French aristocrat who became one...
Marquis de Lafayette
1. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette, and why does he matter? Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), was a French aristocrat who became one...
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
1. Who was Vauban, and why does he matter? Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633–1707) was a French military engineer who served Louis XIV for more than fifty years and...
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
1. Who was Vauban, and why does he matter? Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633–1707) was a French military engineer who served Louis XIV for more than fifty years and...
Voltaire
1. Who was Voltaire, and why does he matter? Voltaire was the pen name of François-Marie Arouet (1694–1778), a French writer, philosopher, historian, and satirist who became the most famous...
Voltaire
1. Who was Voltaire, and why does he matter? Voltaire was the pen name of François-Marie Arouet (1694–1778), a French writer, philosopher, historian, and satirist who became the most famous...