A group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution were canonised by Pope ...

Marguerite Bourgeoys brought education and faith to the wilderness of New France, becoming Canada’s first female saint.

Colonialism – the act of subjugating a native population – often entails imposing the invading country’s own cultural values ...

The central importance of slavery to the rise of capitalism is illustrated by the story of the voyage of the Zong, a British ...

MIDDLEBURY - French Army Gen. Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau and his troops marched directly through this area in the summer of ...

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried ...

Though smaller in scale than Britain, Spain and other European colonial empires, Sweden had several colonies around the world ...

For years, the far-right National Rally tried to distance itself from Mr. Le Pen’s racist and antisemitic remarks. But after ...

The world as we know it today has been shaped by battles that altered the course of history and defined global power dynamics ...

How a lively market on Boston Harbor became part of many defining moments of the Colonial and Revolutionary eras ...

A fascinating new photography project takes viewers on a poignant journey through African American material culture, using ...

With commemorations already underway for America’s 250th birthday, Washington County historians are looking to draw some of ...