In Spanish, “Viva La Vida” means “Long Live Life” and is tied to the Delacroix-like painting portraying ... and he was about to meet his death by guillotine. As he was strapped down ...

For a lot of people, mention of the French Revolution conjures up images of wealthy nobles being led to the guillotine. Thanks to countless movies, books and half-remembered history lessons ...

But with the Revolution ... season of the French Revolution, as they look at gruesome methods of execution under the French monarchy, the changing role of executioners, how the Guillotine came ...

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution ... Louis XVI was marched to the guillotine. His severed head was paraded ...