Marie Antoinette

was characterised by greater abundance, elaboration and intricacy in clothing designs as it was influenced by the trends in the Rococo period, also known as late baroque period. Fashion was greatly influenced by iconic fashion figures such as Marie Antoinette. Womens clothing retained the emphasis on a narrow, inverted conical torso achieved with bone stays, above full skirts. Hoop skirts reached their maximum size in 1750s and began to reduce in size but remained being worn with most formal…

murdered. From the storming of Bastille the revolutionaries took control of Paris and eventually the court of King Louis XVI where he and his wife, Marie Antoinette were…

unwilling to move, they began to demand gunpowder and weapons of their own. The protesters then started calling for fair trials for the state prisoners and enough bread and food to feed their families. The citizens were clearly outraged, both at Marie Antoinette for spending the city’s limited money on extravagant jewelry and dresses instead of food for her people, and at countless other unjust political leaders. Due to the government's refusal of their protests, the mob eventually tore the…

The French Revolution began on July 14th, 1789, when revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, a prison. During this time in history, the French overthrew their own monarchy, establishing a republic. This inspired a major decline of the globes monarchies and replaced them with republics. This was a period of extreme political chaos in France. There are several possible causes for the French Revolution. Among these include problems dealing with inequality between social classes, agricultural failure…

Edmund burke is a supporter to the American Revolution rather than the French revolution. Burke sit out the proof that the French revolution was bad for France and would be bad for England too. Therefore, he sought to change the political and intellectual landscape of Europe. He then suggested nations of Europe should launch a pre-emptive invasion of France to restore the old order. Meanly, to build a new structure starting from the zero-level. He also comments on the liberalization of the…

at the Palace of Versailles. Growing up he was very shy but very smart in schooling. His love was for Latin, History, Astronomy and Geography. He became the new Dauphin when his father died and he was only 11. He married at age of 15 to Marie Antoinette. She was only 14 years old. King…

American Dream, dream which consists in making enough money to indulge yourself with ridiculously expensive possessions. This is highlighted when the narrator describes how “inside, as we wandered through Marie Antoinette music rooms and Restoration salons..” (pg. 70) Fitzgerald uses “Marie Antoinette” the once Archduchess of Austria, who later became famously known for her “madame deficit” (prominent consumption) when becoming Queen of France during the 1770´s, as a symbol to display the social…

Before the French Revolution, the Enlightenment spread new ideas across Europe. The Enlightenment shaped new ideas about religion, government, and the economy. The Enlightenment caused people to have more religious tolerance and to start to shy away from organized religion. The religious changes also lead to the disbelief in divine right of a ruler. People started to realize that they should have a say in government and the government shouldn’t be a business. The government needed to fit the…

We all have heard rumors of the brutal attacks of the revolutionaries and the excessive force of the vengeful people. While I by no means commend the barbarism, it is possible to sympathize with their reason for rebellion. There is no single cause of this revolution, but rather several motivations to cause this turmoil within France. So far, the facts as we know them are as follows. In the 17th and early 18th centuries, Louis XIV (the self proclaimed ‘Sun King’) took possession of vast…

The First Estate, The Second Estate, and lastly The Third Estate. Everyone was divided into one estate, which showed your power and wealth. I, However, was not in the Estates. I lived in the Versailles, where I oversaw everything. I married Marie Antoinette, archduchess of Austria, where she lived with me at the Versaille. First Estate: This was where the clergy stood.The higher clergy consisted of nobles.…