Rodama News
A round-up from 18th-century and Revolutionary France

Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Women and Revolutionary prisons
Monday, 8 September 2025
Gérard Lhéritier fraud trial
The trial has begun in Paris of manuscript dealer Gérard Lhéritier, former owner of the company Aristophil, who was charged with fraud by French authorities in 2015.
Saturday, 6 September 2025
Too much Marie-Antoinette??
In the wake of the new exhibition at the V & A, Anne Higonnet casts a critical light on the modern obsession with Marie-Antoinette style. (Article published in Town and Country Magazine on 4th September).
Saturday, 30 August 2025
News from Port-Royal des Champs
A article by Alexandre Marque on Actu.fr ,17.08.2025, features the National Museum of Port-Royal des Champs, at Magny-les-Hameau (Yvelines) which reopened in July of this year.
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Politics and history at Puy du Fou
The Right-wing vision of French history represented by the Puy du Fou theme park is discussed by Hélène de Lauzun in an article published in The European Conservative on 18th August.
Monday, 18 August 2025
Revolutionary music and song
The Library of Congress blog publishes a guest blog post from Case Western University doctoral student Ellen Sauer Tanyeri on the musical background of the French Revolution with reference to material from the Library of Congress collections.
Saturday, 16 August 2025
Jean-Joseph Mounier - Revolutionary
Posted on Age of Revolutions on 11th August: Francesco Giosuè explores the career and reputation of the Revolutionary Jean-Joseph Mounier.
Monday, 11 August 2025
Historical Association French Revolution course
The Historical Association advertises a new short course, "The French Revoluton - not just a revolution in France" to begin in September-December 2025.
Sunday, 10 August 2025
Voltaire translated - the Lisbon earthquake
Clive Scott publishes a new critical translation of Voltaire's "Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne" (1756), reviewed by Nicholas Cronk on the Voltaire Foundation blog, (post of 01.08/2025)
Friday, 8 August 2025
"Aux armes citoyennes!"
Monday, 4 August 2025
Greuze at the Petit Palais
The exhibition "Painting Childhood", dedicated to the work of Jean-Baptiste Greuze, will run at the Petit Palais this autumn, from 16th September to 25th January 2026.
Saturday, 2 August 2025
The French Revolution - by John Hardman
John Hardman's new book The French Revolution: a political history is published by Yale University Press on 12th August.