Rodama: a blog of 18th-century & Revolutionary France

 [For International Women's Day] By an odd quirk of history, whereas Marie Curie has been awarded the honours of the Pantheon, the body ...

 To add to my posts on the Carmelites of Compiègne, the following translates / summarise a  paper by Jean-Clément Martin on the Revolution a...

The documentary  Les Bienheureuses,  on the Martyrs of Compiègne, was created in 2023 by journalist and independent filmmaker François Lespe...

Paul Delaroche, Guillotine/ The Martyrs of Compiegne. Painted in the first half of the 19th century. Private Collection ( Auctioned in New Y...

Even for assiduous relic hunters, there are pathetically few material reminders today of the martyred sisters of Compiègne.  However, the we...

On 18th December the Pope announced the canonisation of  the "martyrs of  Compiègne",  sixteen Discalced Carmelite nuns executed b...

The Château de Haroué in Lorraine offers an illuminating case study of the issues surrounding recent heritage policy in France. Sometimes kn...

In Nancy, the legacy of the 18th-century is sweet! Nancy Passions Sucrée  is a new marketing initiative dreamed up by the tourist agency of ...

The flying table at Lunéville The famous mechanical dining table or table volante  of Lunéville is one of the most evocative relics of the l...

The following is (mostly) taken from a talk in the "Wednesday Lecture" series, given at Lunéville in May of this year by the direc...