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Hace 5 días · Marie Antoinette, born in 1755 as the Archduchess of Austria, ascended to the French throne as Queen consort in 1774 upon her marriage to Louis XVI. Her reign was defined by extravagance, marked by opulent fashions, her cherished Petit Trianon retreat, and a significant patronage of the arts, which left an indelible mark on 18th-century France.
Hace 3 días · Primary Source. Marie Antoinette as a Serpent. Annotation. The Queen, never popular to begin with in France, also bore the brunt of popular anger in 1792, as seen in these images of the King, Queen, and elsewhere the entire royal family, as animals.
Hace 1 día · Maria Theresa kept up a fortnightly correspondence with Maria Antonia, now called Marie Antoinette, in which she often reproached her for laziness and frivolity and scolded her for failing to conceive a child.
Hace 2 días · Liberty, Equality, Fashion is backed by a lavish marketing campaign and positive early reviews, but don’t be fooled: this empress has no clothes. Liberty, Equality, Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution. Anne Higonnet. W.W. Norton, 304pp, £25.
Hace 1 día · He incorporated Corsica into France (1768), and negotiated the marriage of his grandson, the future Louis XVI, with Marie Antoinette (1770). His most notable accomplishment was the modernization of the French military, based on the lessons learned during the Seven Years' War.
Hace 2 días · On becoming king, Louis XVI gave the Petit Trianon to Marie Antoinette, who remodeled it, relaid its gardens in the then-current English and Oriental styles, and formed her own court there.
Hace 1 día · Our Marie Antoinette Elites. Rare is the New York Times op-ed to which I refer readers and encourage them to read it. But I do so wholeheartedly as regards “This Is What Elite Failure Looks Like” by Oren Cass (July 6; linked below). Cass pulls no punches. Eighty-three thousand Americans died of opioid overdoses last year.
