The essay entitled 'How important was the press in the desacralisation of the French monarchy in 1789?', by Olivia Grant of St Paul's Girls' School, was awarded the Julia Wood Prize out of 136 entries. An edited version appears below; a second award was made to Richard Eschwege of City of London School for an essay on Pope Gregory VII.
Pamela Pilbeam celebrates the bicentenary of the arrival of Madame Tussaud's waxworks in Britain.
Colin Jones discusses the art and artifice of the leading mistress of Louis XV.
Graham Noble investigates the causes of the rise and fall of French Protestantism.
Glenn Richardson explores the talents and fortune of the 16th-century French courtier who served five kings.
The French writer died on 29 September 1902.
Arthur of Brittany was captured on August 1st, 1202.
Placing Colbert in the circumstances of his times, Geoffrey Treasure shows that he was much more than an efficient bureaucrat.
The peace treaty that temporarily ended hostilities between France and Britain during the Revolutionary Wars was signed on 25 March 1802.
The author of Les Misérables was born on February 26th, 1802.
