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  1. 2 days ago · Conclusion. The execution of Marie Antoinette was the culmination of a complex interplay of political, social, and personal factors. Her foreign origins, perceived extravagance, and the inability of the monarchy to adapt to the changing times all contributed to her downfall.

  2. May 13, 2024 · Execution of Marie-Antoinette, 1793; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris. (more) Discredited by the royal familys failed escape, Marie-Antoinette attempted to shore up the rapidly deteriorating position of the crown by opening secret negotiations with the leaders of the constitutional monarchists in the Constituent Assembly , namely Antoine ...

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  4. 5 days ago · Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, kneeling before the guillotine next to her confessor on the day of her execution, October 1793. Image credit: Wellcome Collection (Public Domain)

  5. May 21, 2024 · Maintaining that the trial and public execution of Louis XVI was an absolutely essential part of the French Revolution, Walzer discusses two types of regicide: the first, committed by would-be kings or their agents, left the monarchy's mystique and divine right intact, while the second was a revolutionary act intended to destroy it completely.

    • Margaret Schaus
    • 2019
  6. May 21, 2024 · A digital library that provides access to thousands of digital images derived from a variety of museum, library and archival collections. Images support a variety of disciplines including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Note you can specify time periods, country and theme in your image searches.

    • Margaret Schaus
    • 2019
  7. May 13, 2024 · Reprint of the English ed. of 1817, with a few clerical corrections and some additions--notably, a letter from the Times, Nov. 8, 1793, describing the execution of Queen Marie Antoinette. Two Classics of the French Revolution

  8. May 21, 2024 · During this period, popular domestic novels, the ever-raging debates about women's social roles, and highly sought-after genre paintings produced a remarkable image of motherhood. Through a focus on feminine virtue, Walker studies female writers and artists to argue that these women theorize the domestic sphere as a site of significant social ...

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