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Mary is sent to France for her safety. In 1558 she marries Francois and becomes Queen of France as well as Scotland. Video: A history of Scotland: Project Britain.

The guillotine’s story in France had begun just a few years prior. In late 1789, during a discussion about reforming the French penal code, physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed a standard ...

In the early 1670s, about 1000 young women - nicknamed the king's daughters - arrived in New France to help populate the colony. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) Jean-Baptiste Colbert ...

Even though millions of French troops were manning the defensive Maginot Line in early 1940, Hitler's brilliant blitzkrieg strategy caught the Allies by surprise, and Germany occupied France ...

His government’s fate is in the hands of the members of the French parliament, as they vote Wednesday on the first of several ...

France has also seen a spike in antisemitism ... But elements of National Rally’s antisemitic history resurfaced during the election. Ludivine Daoudi, a National Rally candidate in Normandy ...

Eyeing the soft white cheese warily, I realize that in Lyon, France’s first city of gastronomy, food isn’t just sustenance; it’s a time machine. Each dish comes with a side of history.