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Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France
Standard Name: Marie-Antoinette,, Queen of France
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Travel | Ellis Cornelia Knight | They first spent some time in Paris, where a highlight of their stay was a sight of Louis XVI
and Marie Antoinette
at the Palace of Versailles. |
| Travel | Ellis Cornelia Knight | Naples was then the capital of the ancien-régime kingdom of Naples and Sicily (also known as the Two Sicilies), and they were presented there to its queen, Maria Carolina
, whom ECK
found to be... |
| Travel | Mary Robinson | MR
visited France; in Paris she was feted by society, and received a valuable present from Marie Antoinette
. The Highfill
dictionary dates this a couple of years later. Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Mary Robinson: Selected Poems, edited by Judith Pascoe, Broadview, pp. 19-64. 30, 63 Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press. 13: 35-6 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth, Margravine of Anspach | EMA
goes into some detail about the French court and royal family from the time that she lived at Versailles, pausing too to do justice to the talents of Madame Genlis, if only in... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Robinson | MR
writes as a friend to the Revolution, but enters with strong emotion into the personal situation of the queen
as the victim of scandal and prejudice. She cites Elizabeth I
and Cromwell
as examples... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Harriet Martineau | The Peasant and the Prince treats the plight of Louis XIV
and Marie Antoinette
during the French Revolution. It ends with moralising comment: If such a people in such a land were miserable, some... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Eglinton Wallace | She recommends the study of history, and her moral exhortation leans heavily on anecdotal, historical examples. (She also uses quotations from her own unpublished tragedy.) Wallace, Eglinton. Letter from Lady Wallace to Capt. William Wallace. J. Debrett. 62 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Grace Elliott | GE
concentrates on her Revolution experiences; the rest of her life-story remains untold. Her work bears the marks of its birth as oral history. She presents the French Revolution in black and white moral terms... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Moody | Personal matters mingle with others of public or topical interest, as EM
addresses Joseph Priestley
on the inter-relation of matter and spirit, Marie Antoinette
on her sufferings before her execution, and Dr Thomas Huet
on... |
| Textual Production | Ann Yearsley | AY
published An Elegy on Marie Antoinette. Waldron, Mary. Lactilla, Milkwoman of Clifton: The Life and Writings of Ann Yearsley, 1753-1806. University of Georgia Press. 214 |
| Textual Production | Antonia Fraser | AF
published her next historical biography, Marie Antoinette
: The Journey. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. Foreman, Amanda. “Unfit for a queen”. Guardian Unlimited. Wroe, Nicholas. “The history woman”. The Guardian, pp. 16-19. 19 Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | JP
's next two Victoria Holt novels appeared in 1966 and 1967: Menfreya (published in the USA as Menfreya in the Morning) and The King of the Castle, respectively. She then allowed Holt... |
| Textual Production | Frances Sarah Hoey | A lifelong Francophile, FSH
supplemented her income through translations of twenty-seven French and Italian texts, seven in collaboration with John Lillie
. During the 1870's and 1880's she produced an average of more than one... |
| Textual Production | Mary Robinson | |
| Textual Production | Mary Robinson | MR
published her Monody to the Memory of the Late Queen
of France. Robinson, Mary. “Introduction”. Perdita: The Memoirs of Mary Robinson, edited by Moses Joseph Levy, Peter Owen. xiii |
Timeline
30 May 1771: A letter to the Gazetteer attributed all...
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30 May 1771
A letter to the Gazetteer attributed all the faults of French absolutist government to the influence of madame Du Barry
(1746-93, mistress to the former monarch Louis XV) and to Marie Antoinette
.
17 December 1779: It was disapprovingly noted what immense...
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17 December 1779
It was disapprovingly noted what immense sums of public money Marie-Antoinette
was paying to her personal friend the comtesse de Polignac
.
Around 1780: Large, broad-brimmed hats for women came...
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Around 1780
Large, broad-brimmed hats for women came into fashion, first in Paris, and then in London.
1 April 1789: Hester Lynch Piozzi (a propos reports about...
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1 April 1789
Hester Lynch Piozzi
(a propos reports about Marie Antoinette
) indignantly recorded what she presents as if it was her first encounter with lesbianism.
24 July 1789: Marie Antoinette wrote for her children's...
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24 July 1789
Marie Antoinette
wrote for her children's governess Instructions donnè à la marquise de Tourzel, which was later published among her letters.
5-6 October 1789: French market women marched on Versailles...
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5-6 October 1789
French market women marched on Versailles to demand that the king
put an end to bread shortages and relocate to Paris, closer to his people.
1 November 1790: Edmund Burke published his Reflections on...
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1 November 1790
Edmund Burke
published his Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in certain Societies in London relative to that event.
20-25 June 1791: Louis XVI fled with Marie-Antoinette and...
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20-25 June 1791
Louis XVI
fled with Marie-Antoinette
and their family, intending to leave France and raise a counter-revolution; they were captured at Varennes near Vichy, and brought back to Paris.
22 August 1791: Marie-Antoinette wrote to her friend the...
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22 August 1791
Marie-Antoinette
wrote to her friend the princesse de Lamballe
, persuading the princess to stay away from her for the sake of the safety of both of them.
September 1791: The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and...
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September 1791
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizeness, dedicated to the Queen, by Olympe de Gouges
(formerly Marie Gouze), was published.
April 1792: The Marseillaise was composed in France as...
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April 1792
The Marseillaise was composed in France as a revolutionary song.
3 September 1792: Marie-Antoinette's friend the princesse de...
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3 September 1792
Marie-Antoinette
's friend the princesse de Lamballe
was guillotined, and her death manipulated to torture the queen as well as herself.
16 October 1793: Marie-Antoinette was guillotined....
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16 October 1793
Marie-Antoinette
was guillotined.
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