A round-up from 18th-century and Revolutionary France
A critical edition of the memoirs of Élisabeth Le Bas by Michel Biard is published by Lemme Edit on 12th April 2024.
A new exhibition "Luxe de poche - Petits objets précieux au siècle des Lumières" runs at the Musée Cognacq-Jay until 29th September 2024.
The open-access journal "Age of Revolutions" publishes an interview with historian Nathan Perl-Posenthal whose book The Age of Revolutions and the Generations who made it was published on 14th March.
On Friday, 8th March, to mark International Women's Day, flowers from the President of the Republic were left at the tomb of Olympe de Gouges at the Chapelle expiatoire in Paris.
Snapchat has launched "8th of March, 8 Women", a new augmented reality experience for International Women’s Day.
History Today publishes a free article by Patricia Fara on the French geodesic expeditions in the 1730s, by La Condamine to Ecuador and Maupertius to the Arctic Circle.
JStor Daily posts an open-access article on the Flour War of 1775 and its relation to the French Revolution. The research articles cited are also made available free-to-view.
The Louvre has confirmed today that the final €1.6 m has been raised by public subscription to secure Chardin's The Basket of Wild Strawberries for the museum.
A new biography of Marie-Antoinette by Charles-Éloi Vial was published on 4th January.
A major exhibition of the work of Horace Vernet runs at the Château de Versailles to 17th March.