Mercenary Marie Antoinette: Authenticating the Queen of France’s Characteristics
French women living in the 18th century lived a stereotypical life, lacking freedom and performing tasks to embetter their households and family. Parents who had a monarchical status married their daughters off at a young age to improve their relations with a specific country. As the French continued to grow and increase political power, Austrians sought to enhance their relationship with the growing country to benefit themselves. The Austrian attempted this by marrying off their fifteen-year-old, Marie Antoinette (). Maria Theresa, a composer, and Francis I, the Holy Roman Emperor, birthed the future Queen of France on November 2, 1755, in their home country of Austria (). Marie Antoinette later became a pawn of her mother’s wishes and married Louis XVI. CONTEXT ON LOUIS (). Later on, Marie …show more content…
Whereas some historians (The Aldine, Marrone, Hosford) have characterized Marie Antoinette for her political influence, such as her hair styles and controversial affairs, others more accurately have argued that the Queen lacked emotional support at a young age thus causing her selfish behavior, sought to benefit herself at the expense of her kingdom, and continued women’s stereotypical role of tending to the household and caring for children during the 18th century.
Marie Antoinette’s mother, Maria Theresa, lacked caring traits that a typical 18th century mother retained, causing Marie Antoinette to complete foolish mistakes in her later years. For instance, Maria Theresa sent her daughter off into marriage at
French women living in the 18th century lived a stereotypical life, lacking freedom and performing tasks to embetter their households and family. Parents who had a monarchical status married their daughters off at a young age to improve their relations with a specific country. As the French continued to grow and increase political power, Austrians sought to enhance their relationship with the growing country to benefit themselves. The Austrian attempted this by marrying off their fifteen-year-old, Marie Antoinette (). Maria Theresa, a composer, and Francis I, the Holy Roman Emperor, birthed the future Queen of France on November 2, 1755, in their home country of Austria (). Marie Antoinette later became a pawn of her mother’s wishes and married Louis XVI. CONTEXT ON LOUIS (). Later on, Marie …show more content…
Whereas some historians (The Aldine, Marrone, Hosford) have characterized Marie Antoinette for her political influence, such as her hair styles and controversial affairs, others more accurately have argued that the Queen lacked emotional support at a young age thus causing her selfish behavior, sought to benefit herself at the expense of her kingdom, and continued women’s stereotypical role of tending to the household and caring for children during the 18th century.
Marie Antoinette’s mother, Maria Theresa, lacked caring traits that a typical 18th century mother retained, causing Marie Antoinette to complete foolish mistakes in her later years. For instance, Maria Theresa sent her daughter off into marriage at