tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post760553639276732707..comments2024-03-28T16:41:29.596-04:00Comments on The Duchess of Devonshire's Gossip Guide to the 18th Century: Hannah More on Marie Antoinette's ChargesHeather Carrollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-80589012854377227742011-12-02T01:06:29.784-05:002011-12-02T01:06:29.784-05:00I have no use for anything that murders innocent p...I have no use for anything that murders innocent people. No matter what their class or income level is, it is wrong. Hannah More was correct. The extreme charges against the queen brought her sympathy rather than opprobrium. As for comparing her to Charles I and Mary Queen of Scots, except for all being decapitated the three have very little in common. I suppose you might point out that Charles I and Louis XVI were both stubborn and stupid men and yet loved by their families.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10197316604420890645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-90643916558483060662011-11-28T22:16:25.034-05:002011-11-28T22:16:25.034-05:00I don't mean to sound cruel, but a revolution ...I don't mean to sound cruel, but a revolution is fueled by blood. She certainly was treated unjustly and wickedly, but even if she wasn't so hated she is a representative of a regime that the people were trying to bring down. As a monarch, when you say you are the representation of a country and that you have absolute power the consequence is absolute responsibility is on you when things go wrong.Amirak101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-22577000039126096852011-11-23T03:43:29.959-05:002011-11-23T03:43:29.959-05:00Perhaps, but it also doesn't mean she deserved...Perhaps, but it also doesn't mean she deserved the death and injustice she received either! I think you'll find that Hannah More shared your opinion on the queen, and even monarchies in general. But Hannah, like most of England, was shocked by what went on in the terror.Heather Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544318718074061879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-73263589885884220912011-11-22T20:24:06.000-05:002011-11-22T20:24:06.000-05:00Marie Antoinette had a generous personality but th...Marie Antoinette had a generous personality but that doesn't change the fact that she was a bad queen for her people. As far as the reign of terror goes, more middle class and Third estate members died than aristos, and in any case now the rich knew how it felt to be unfairly persecuted just because of class.Amirak101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-81581266575858312482011-11-18T11:12:24.369-05:002011-11-18T11:12:24.369-05:00Well, it's known that Louis XVI compared himse...Well, it's known that Louis XVI compared himself to Charles I, and he studied the latter's life in the months before his own execution. Too little, too late, unfortunately.Olympe de la Tour D'Auvergnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15810851692562434085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-10637465370426610212011-11-18T07:29:57.987-05:002011-11-18T07:29:57.987-05:00Sorry - Charles I of course )Sorry - Charles I of course )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-44412032116530823842011-11-18T07:28:20.048-05:002011-11-18T07:28:20.048-05:00Heather, I always wondered if the British public o...Heather, I always wondered if the British public of 1790s (politicians, aristocrats, jourmalists etc)compared the fate of the Louis XVI and his wife - with the decapitation of Charles II and Mary of Scots... DmitryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775910475089264257.post-60073414486179595312011-11-17T05:22:15.470-05:002011-11-17T05:22:15.470-05:00I'm reminded of a scene from "Cranford&qu...I'm reminded of a scene from "Cranford" in which the imposing Lady Ludlow remarks (to whom, I can't recall) that he was lucky not to have lived through the revolution, her expression darkening as she recalls the executions of several friends and family members simply because of their social class.Juanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13767530214767493575noreply@blogger.com