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Nov 9, 2009 · In fact, the story of a fatuous noblewoman who said “Let them eat cake!” appears in the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions, which was written around 1766 (when Marie Antoinette ...
Marie Antoinette. The teenage queen was embraced by France in 1770. Twenty-three years later, she lost her head to the guillotine. (But she never said, “Let them eat cake”) Richard Covington ...
May 2, 2023 · Marie Antoinette - Let Them Eat Cake: Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman) decides to keep funding the American Revolution even though the people of France are star...
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May 6, 2023 · Let them eat cake! This famous phrase is infamously attributed to Marie Antoinette, Queen of France during the French Revolution. The story goes that the people of France were starving. A poor crop harvest, rodents and a whole number of other factors led to an enormous bread shortage. Upon hearing this news, Marie Antoinette is said to have ...
May 2, 2023 · Dispelling the Cake Myth. Marie Antoinette, known for her infamous and apocryphal quote, “Let them eat cake,” has been the subject of many myths and legends over the years. However, recent examinations of her personal letters reveal a woman who was far from the callous and indifferent queen portrayed in popular culture.
Mar 9, 2021 · If French queen Marie Antoinette did utter the words “let them eat cake”, she was being terribly unoriginal. Although its true provenance is uncertain, this attack on privilege existed long before the French Revolution, and was only attached to the queen 50 years after she lost her head. According to historian Nancy Barker, it was “an old ...
Oct 16, 2013 · Marie Antoinette never said “Let them eat cake.” When told that starving French peasants lacked any bread to eat, the queen is alleged to have callously declared, “Let them eat cake ...
