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The reception of Marie Antoinette
- Marie Antoinette is an instantly recognizable historical figure, often portayed as a vampiric aristocrat in the public consensus, heedless of the sufferings of the people.
- That impression is exemplified in a famous quote “let them eat cake“ Surprisingly, she never said that.
- However, it has been widely believed that she did.
- The perception essentially originated from the stories and the fantacies outside Versaille in her time, nurturing hostility due to her Austrian background and rumors based on her proactive, bold, and unconventional characteristics.
- These narratives and gossips turned Marie Antoinette into a hate figure and in the end took their toll.
- Another fact that might blow your mind is, some rumors were actually generated and leaked by rivals in the royal circle itself.
- Whether before, during or after the French revolution, her figure remains a mirror of how people view the French Revolution as well as their political positions, while what kind of person she truely was, was sealed in the high walls and rigid halls of Versaille, only accessible for the few people around her, leaving a void for the historians and biographers afterwards to dissect.
- (Full information on this topic can be find on the The Rest is History podcast.
- I am repeating/rephrasing the knowledge I learned to make sure I am able to talk about the topic fluently as well :)
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