Why is Marie Antoinette so controversial?

Why is Marie Antoinette so controversial? - Carolyn Harris

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Marie Antoinette became a symbol for the evils of excess- but was she a wasteful queen or a convenient scapegoat? You decide.
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She was the Queen of France, notorious for living in opulence while peasants starved and became a symbol of everything wrong with monarchy. But was Marie Antionette a heartless, wasteful queen, or a convenient scapegoat in turbulent times? Carolyn Harris puts this controversial figure on trial in History vs. Marie Antoinette.
Lesson by Carolyn Harris, directed by Brett Underhill, PorkchopBob Studio.
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@kirstenpaff8946 11 ай бұрын

I feel like Marie Antoinette is a great example of impossible double standards. She was blamed for being extravagant and wasteful, but any time she tried to present herself in a more casual light she was scorned for not showing her office proper respect, or for undercutting local luxury industries. Historians blame her for the failings of the French monarchy, but ignore the fact that she had little actual political power and was never taught to be a leader.

@KL-ki8db 11 ай бұрын

It is also unfortunate that France was mostly male dominated and had little room for women in power. Her sisters, Amalia and Carolina, were queens within modern day Italy and they were the actual rulers as their husbands weren’t really that talented nor interested when it came to ruling while Antonia could only watch from the sidelines.

@alyssaagnew4147 11 ай бұрын

France's problems were there long before she married into the royal family and she had absolutely no control over its governing. Heck that quote about cake was coined when she was nine and hadn't been to France! The unfortunate truth is that rather than discussing a variety of factors and groups involved in an event, people would prefer to focus on single person they can blame for the problem.

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

@@alyssaagnew4147not only that! they focus on the one person who can actually garner sympathy from the public. she is the most important person who had the least to do with what happened. i cant help but feel like this narrative is done on purpose to garner sympathy for the monarchy while avoiding discussing the failures of the monarchy and also the suffering of the french people. it just seems like they put her in front and say "you guys overreacted! she did nothing wrong! she was a victim!" the french people were also victims and yet louisxvi is completely missing from the discussion

@Duck-wc9de 11 ай бұрын

the nobility would often criticize Marie for not dressing apropriatly for a queen, mostly in her first years since she wasnt used to the standards that were expected from her She even invented the Chemise-a-la-reine.

@Nomenooooo 11 ай бұрын

Her hair was a boat, literally.

@thespiceman9367 11 ай бұрын

Marie Antoinette is one of the biggest "wrong place, wrong time" people in history.

@NOOBCRASTINATOR69 11 ай бұрын

Seriously!!

@NOOBCRASTINATOR69 11 ай бұрын

@vujoleenanh wtf?

@littlenice-ve5pb 11 ай бұрын

@RicePho 11 ай бұрын

@vujoleenanh LOl, the dude saying getting a head chopped off was going out better than most.

@deborahminter6231 10 ай бұрын

She dug her grave with the "rotten bread" remark. She said it right before the revolution began...in my opinion they should have simply dethroned her instead of executing her. Her husband was to blame for the conditions of France.

@joewilenzik9119 11 ай бұрын

I love how they both agreed Louie was a terrible king

@loki2240 11 ай бұрын

All dictators are terrible, despite some having been romanticized.

@joewilenzik9119 11 ай бұрын

@@loki2240 but Louie didn’t even have that privilege.

@The40Oliver 11 ай бұрын

@@loki2240 Being a dictator isn't the problem, being an incompetent dictator is

@nileshkumaraswamy2711 11 ай бұрын

But their point about the veto was weird. The National assembly gave Louis the right to veto legislation. He was just exercising his powers.

@loki2240 11 ай бұрын

@@The40Oliver - Having a dictator is always a problem. Please do a lot more research and critical thought.

@jugel4533 11 ай бұрын

Just to remember : Marie-Antoinette was 14 when she was married, but Louis was 15. They were both kids, married to solidify alliances

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

yeah, really seems like the monarchy was a bad idea and needed to be abolished. glad you recognized that.

@Doublemonk0506 11 ай бұрын

Which made them easy puppets and scapegoats for the true rulers: the rich and the Church

@knightshade2654 11 ай бұрын

@@NIGHTGUYRYAN The aristocracy and clergy should have been put into their place, which could have happened if Louis XVI was more confident.

@hasturthekinginyellow5003 10 ай бұрын

They were leeches, who were taught nothing (who for some reason people use as some sort of excuse?) And whose only redeeming qualities were that they were born lucky. Born as leeches, live as leeches, died as leeches

@jugel4533 10 ай бұрын

@@hasturthekinginyellow5003 Amen to that

@amateraceon5202 11 ай бұрын

There’s a lot of people you could list when it comes to controversial historical figures, but Marie Antoinette really takes the cake

@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375 11 ай бұрын

Foul 😂

@alvarodebarrio7718 11 ай бұрын

That joke should be illegal and the sentence should be the guillotene

@jorikrouwenhorst7220 11 ай бұрын

“Get of the stage!” *Throws like*

@thearmchairyoutuber8669 11 ай бұрын

Badum tss

@paleoph6168 11 ай бұрын

@@alvarodebarrio7718"To the guillotine!"

@ChristianSirianni 11 ай бұрын

Fun Fact. Marie Antoinette met Mozart when they were both 7. He was playing for her family when he tripped. She caught him. Mozart tried to propose to her.

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

...and everyone clapped

@2506stardust 11 ай бұрын

@@NIGHTGUYRYAN You have google and other resources, you can easily verify this. It indeed happened.

@mthercrow3818 11 ай бұрын

Hold on boys imma write a quick fanfic for this new ship

@paintingdreams290 11 ай бұрын

@@mthercrow3818 ngl i'd probably do that

@neon-leon- 11 ай бұрын

There's probably a time-line out there where Marie Antoinette was Mozart's wife.. I wanna be in that time-line :( she deserved better and so did Mozart

@nemumami 11 ай бұрын

Reminds me of that one portrait scandal she had. She dressed in a chemise a la reine for a portrait and the people got mad for her “simple” appearance, and when they revised said photo to be more glamorous the people got mad at her “luxurious” appearance in said portrait. Literally the scapegoat for elites and lower class alike.

@glasscardproductions4736 11 ай бұрын

Double Standards for women are madness...

@bmona7550 11 ай бұрын

They literally only hated her because she's not French. That's wack

@helhana 11 ай бұрын

If I recall correctly the real problem with the chemise à la reine was that it was quite an "intimate" piece of clothing that should be worn around family or close friends and absolutely not be exposed to the view of all. That being said, she was definitely a victim of double standards and used as a scapegoat

@aspireistoinspirebeforewee3519 7 ай бұрын

@@bmona7550no they hated her because she was a part of an oppressive regime

@piliixie 6 ай бұрын

@@helhana it wasnt exactly intimate clothing, it was just very similar in design to a popular type of nightgown which was why it was deemed "informal"

@rahileshanbi5551 11 ай бұрын

I can’t believe after so much time, I started hearing a lot about how Marie was much more simpler and “nicer” than people portrayed her. It really does showcase how we can all follow a fabricated narrative when enough people tell it.

@toto123456ish 11 ай бұрын

She was instrumental in preventing Louis the XVI to let go part of his power. She communicated battle plan to the enemy of France. This video is a fabricated narrative.

@ecurewitz 11 ай бұрын

She was still corrupt and out of touch

@marcus3445 11 ай бұрын

@@ecurewitzProbably, but just like the revolutionaries. Most of them, which do not survive their own revolution, executed by treason and power struggles, by their own members. Napolean's path to power and despotism was only possible because he promise to solve the chaos, the barbarity and the hypocrisy of the Revolution. And the people bite the speech.

@maboroshi2550 11 ай бұрын

Still deserved the guillotine

@mitskiislife 11 ай бұрын

@@ecurewitzshe had basically no education on how to be in power though, and was already in a state of turmoil. a collapsing country, the fear of her own life getting destroyed, fear of dying- what would anyone do?

@TheRevanchrist 11 ай бұрын

In my opinion, her actions of high spending were no worse than the rest of the French nobility. Unlike other cases in this series where most were remembered more positively than they should, Marie seems to be one the uncommon cases where history gave her more hate than she deserved.

@theotherohlourdespadua1131 11 ай бұрын

Did you forget she isn't French? One of the slanders against her when she was alive was she is a foreigner, worse an AUSTRIAN. No Frenchmen, be it the poor, the middle, even the aristocratic, like her simply because she an Austrian. Even upon her trial leading to her death sentence the reason for imposing the death penalty on her is because she's a foreigner, and a foreigner whose country of origin is at war with France which follows that she's a foreign spy...

@americanroyalist6905 11 ай бұрын

@@iridium8341personally i think Robespierre doesn’t get the hate he actually deserves, it’s always easy to blame the French royal family for everything but the revolution was messier than that, Robespierre when he became consul of the republic sent 40,000 under false pretenses, he was also installed his own cult but no one mentions this because king Loui was dead meanwhile the reign of terror was barely beginning

@Daddimon 11 ай бұрын

She was a symbol of past rule during a time of revolution, of course her reputation had to be slandered for the regime change to maintain support. Often with history, just like in our own times, there are no sides without some blood on their hands.

@TheRevanchrist 11 ай бұрын

@@Daddimon I think the judge said it best, that her only real crime was being queen. By being both foreigner and aristocratic, she was an easy target for the radicals to point a finger for all the nations problems. For what seemed like the entirety of the trial, the defense never seemed to falter by the prosecutor's point and provided strong rebuttals

@antmagor 11 ай бұрын

I saw a documentary on the dining habits of the monarchy during the revolution (The super tasters go). Maria actually had a very frugal diet. It seems she mostly preferred broth with noodles and peas for her evening meals. The majority of the food extravagance was spent on the communal meals at court. Anyway she was the queen consort and as far as I understand was not well liked at court. The likelihood of her having say over state affairs is not great from where I sit. The revolutionaries shouldn’t have killed her, and what they did to her children was unacceptable.

@Thommy2n 11 ай бұрын

I'm honestly surprised you didn't bring up the truth about "Let them eat cake". It was an anecdote from Jean-Jacques Rousseau autobiographies in the 1760's, where he talked about an encounter with a young Austrian princess. "At length I remembered the last resort of a great princess who, when told that the peasants had no bread, replied: "Then let them eat brioches."" (a rich cake-like bread) He never named the princess (and he could have just made the encounter), but from that it turned into a game of telephone. From, "I bet Queen Marie was who Rousseau was talking about" to "Did you hear how Madame Deficit just said 'Let them eat cake' about the starving French people?!"

@Vijay_16 11 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

yeah and it had been used in various other forms for centuries - what it really meant was that she and the rest of the royals were completely out of touch with the harsh realities of the common people - a fact that was very much true. so no, she didnt say it - but it was attributed to her because thats what the actions of the monarchy were saying. essentially the 18th century version of "the people losing their jobs should just get a new job!" - it means that the people in power have no clue whats actually going on with the reality of the situation, or that they just dont care.

@DragonGoddess18 11 ай бұрын

I knew it I remember reading somewhere that Marie Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake",that it was someone else

@Newdivide 11 ай бұрын

He did dude

@anira9245 11 ай бұрын

Also I read that the phrase already existed long before Marie became queen.

@TheGhostOf2020 11 ай бұрын

It’s kind of incredible how after centuries of oppression, mismanagement, and wasteful spending perpetrated by the french nobility… they tried to pin it all on the young foreign wife of the king. So low.

@hansspiegl8684 11 ай бұрын

Perfect summary of the case Marie Antoinette! Greetings from Vienna, nearby Schönbrunn. She was just one of the many Erzherzoginnen (Archduchess) who were traded for political reasons.

@dtsidabutar 11 ай бұрын

@@iridium8341 yes really.

@petrilofberg1758 11 ай бұрын

She seemed like a convient scapegoat

@resugram_YT 11 ай бұрын

After all, its always the immigrants' fault...., right?

@P.eac.h 11 ай бұрын

You have a very progressive view of young. She was 37 when she was tried and executed.

@uria3679 11 ай бұрын

I think we can all agree that she was the least guilty of the Royal Family

@orcus6893 11 ай бұрын

I can get behind that

@tarlochansingh620 11 ай бұрын

Among adults, yes. Her children were even more innocent.

@Tuturial464 11 ай бұрын

Doesn’t excuse much though.

@1carus123 11 ай бұрын

That’s a low bar to set

@timaafrika3967 11 ай бұрын

Still GUILTY!!!!

@vivekpluch 11 ай бұрын

I hate how Marie Antoinette is always portrayed as a villainess when in reality she was just a scapegoat

@manila-89-93 11 ай бұрын

She's not really portrayed as a villainess...

@ughceline 11 ай бұрын

@@manila-89-93 she definitely is, let them eat cake is an example

@manila-89-93 11 ай бұрын

@@ughceline the 'let them eat cake' / 'qu'ils mangent de la brioche' has been 'debunked' like a century ago in France...everyone knows she never said that, apart from the Americans seemingly

@manila-89-93 11 ай бұрын

and Brioche is very different from cake. It's a softy, fluffy and sweet type of bread. Nothing to do with cake

@welovephilippineswithmylov5419 11 ай бұрын

Ahhhmmm really Okay. But again and again whatever it is its our own Business 😁

@sp8897 11 ай бұрын

It’s always a good day when Ted-Ed posts a new History on Trial video

@galiogp5174 11 ай бұрын

It's their best format in my opinion

@InternetStranger476 11 ай бұрын

I like the demon of reason myself

@spycookie6174 11 ай бұрын

Facts

@dante_0962 11 ай бұрын

True

@AvgHadesKid 11 ай бұрын

I like these alot

@PakBallandSami 11 ай бұрын

“Marie Antoinette. Her last words were,"Pardon me sir. I did not mean to do it,"to a man whose foot she stepped on before she was executed by the guillotine”

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

how sweet. too bad the monarchy couldnt apply such empathy to the french people when things were going good for them. its comments like this that really are missing the forest for the trees. literally people starving to death because of their inability to produce empathy when it counts. but she said sorry for stepping on her executioners foot so actually she was really polite. IM SORRY WHAT??

@CanadianMonarchist 11 ай бұрын

@@NIGHTGUYRYANThere is a record that the peasants near Versailles loved Marie Antoinette because when she went riding she always avoided trampling on their crops.

@ivymora2370 11 ай бұрын

@@NIGHTGUYRYAN what part of she barely had any political power nor the circumstances to do anything did you not understand?

@MegaMagicdog 11 ай бұрын

@@user-AAAA978 They may have but some did have their husband's ear. It's possible they could have had some bedroom influence periodically.

@deborahminter6231 10 ай бұрын

@@NIGHTGUYRYAN she was probably traumatized, by what was about to happen to her. She may have become kinder in the last moments of her life.

@markangelobravo8949 11 ай бұрын

Marie Antoinette’s extravagance stemmed on the fact that France is the fashion capital of the world. She was encouraged to get the fanciest dresses, extravagant jewelry, etc. When she tried to dress in simpler clothes, she was mocked. Yes, she was a victim of circumstances beyond her control, the French politics during that time, and years and years of outdated tradition…

@arethas1387 11 ай бұрын

Was she also encouraged to leak military secrets and align herself with reactionary noblemen? 🤡

@ivymora2370 11 ай бұрын

@@arethas1387 she and her family were threatened to killed, so of course she would give the secrets of the French especially when the revolutionary's had the power.

@zerishkamal9170 11 ай бұрын

@@ivymora2370 on top of that she wasnt even french why wouldn't she want to take her children to austria where they might have safety and security for food and privacy

@arethas1387 11 ай бұрын

@@ivymora2370 they weren't tho, even after the flight to varennes and up to the August Insurrection most of the national assembly were on the royal family's side, the only thing she and her husband did was make it harder for people to defend them

@arethas1387 11 ай бұрын

@@zerishkamal9170 She only lived in Austria for 14 years and lived in France for the rest of her life, she was also the Queen and that's the whole point, when Robespierre was arguing for the execution of Louis XVI he said that if average everyday people could be executed for treason then the king who was the number one citizen should too, you can apply the same logic to Marie Antoinette

@kevinrwhooley9439 11 ай бұрын

Qin Shi Huang, Alexander the Great, Shaka Zulu, Vlad Tepes, Queen Victoria, John Calvin and Oliver Cromwell are all polarising figures that ought to be put on trial to really analyse their character.

@kevinrwhooley9439 11 ай бұрын

@@sassenspeyghel4155 some Iranians, (definitely in the past, not too sure about today) referred to Alexander as 'Alexander the Accursed' for conquering the Achaemenid Empire and burning the city of Persepolis down.

@fyrusgrey5153 11 ай бұрын

@@sassenspeyghel4155 All conquerors are polarizing, depending on whether your people were the ones conquered or not. Alexander conquered a massive portion of the civilized world, with that comes murder, genocide and abuse of power. Still, he's seen as one of the greatest humans of all time despite this.

@gimmick206 11 ай бұрын

Why stop there, lets do about religious figure, jesus, mohammad and so on. No one is perfect.

@toni2296 11 ай бұрын

@@gimmick206 I don't know much about Mohammad, but Jesus for sure wasn't polarizing, lol.

@thelearningmethod 11 ай бұрын

@gimmick206 the commenter put John Calvin, and I guess it makes sense since he burnt someone at the stake for being non-Trinitarian, and I guess we can add Martin Luther too for being too harsh on Catholics, AnaBaptists, and Jews.

@charliefarmer4365 11 ай бұрын

Another thing to note: Marie was a teenager for quite a few years of her time as Queen. When she got older, she tried to be more responsible but the people had made up their minds about her.

@annieboookhall 11 ай бұрын

Marie Antoinette was a sheltered girl with very little say in her fate from a very early age. Really, she rather a tragic case on all fronts

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

yeah, she was just along for the ride. its unfortunate how things went, but not surprising considering how poorly her husband was doing as king

@Doublemonk0506 11 ай бұрын

@@NIGHTGUYRYAN, who was a byproduct of the overcentralization of the French Monarchy

@alanpolanco6828 11 ай бұрын

i was always taught marie was a horrible person but to learn she was actually more humble than told is shocking to learn

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

she wasnt a horrible person, she was a product of her environment which shielded her from the reality of the people. affluence was her problem.

@Doublemonk0506 11 ай бұрын

@@NIGHTGUYRYAN, that and the limited role of women at the time. And the stigma against foreigners being a rotted little cherry on top

@bmona7550 11 ай бұрын

@@NIGHTGUYRYANActually the court gossip against her was so bad that she was most likely influenced to over spend because when she was wearing something simple they mocked her. When she wore something extravagant and expected for a Queen they mocked her. Everyone was basically against her except maybe her husband and kids.

@lunagrace2872 9 ай бұрын

@@bmona7550 Correct, she actually spent way less then previous French queens and trying to convince the French nobles to spend less money but of course that didn’t work out. And they told her she’s queen her job is to be the symbol of the French monarchy = looking so rich that no one can deny that God chose then to rule France.

@user-pq4fc1mc7q 8 ай бұрын

She cared about her own children, but not at all for the children of the citizens of France, so she did have a profound lack of empathy. I guess that's what happens when you're told your entire life that you're inherently superior with divine right to rule

@JorgeHernandez-lu1mi 11 ай бұрын

Marie Antoinette's story is a classic example of how when a nation is undergoing financial and social turmoil, it's leaders and citizens will choose to scapegoat the conspicuous immigrant. Thus it was with the Apostles in Rome, Greece and elsewhere, the Roma during the Spanish Inquisition, the German Jews after WWI, Japanese Americans during WWII and so it is still everywhere in the world.

@tylerbozinovski427 10 ай бұрын

German-Americans in both world wars...

@thenablade858 3 ай бұрын

@@tylerbozinovski427 It was mostly the Japanese. If you look at Walt Disney’s WW2 propaganda cartoons, the attacks against the Japanese were way more vehement than the Germans or the Italians (as the Americans were at war with them in the Pacific).

@tylerbozinovski427 3 ай бұрын

@@thenablade858 I get your point, but you seem to be forgetting about the German-Americans who under pressure decided to Anglicise their names and abandon their roots en-masse (so as to avoid discrimination), and also about the lack of an apology by the White House to German-Americans interned during both of the world wars, unlike with Italian-Americans and Japanese-Americans in only the second of these wars.

@tamimashahreen6758 9 ай бұрын

Marie was a very kind mother. She physically fought guards who tried to take her son away from her and doted on her children. Also, she adopted four children which meant half of her kids were adopted. Her daughter Sophie Helene Beatrice died before her first birthday and when she was trying to be consoled she said, " don't forget she would have been my friend".😢

@aureus2636 11 ай бұрын

There’s actually a fantastic movie about Marie Antoinette that came out in 2006 that was directed by Sofia Coppola. While some of the historical facts are slightly stretched, I think it really captures who Antoinette REALLY was.

@dangerislander 11 ай бұрын

She was just a young teenager thrust into a powerful position. Wasn't her fault tbh

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

@@dangerislanderthe french people were also thrown into a bad situation that wasnt their fault.

@sayexavier4457 11 ай бұрын

@@dangerislanderShe wasn't a naive person, and was trained on how to be a queen as the other hapsburg princesses were, however, she didn't have much power. The Queen in France held little power

@Lumosnight 11 ай бұрын

That movie portrayed her as a brat who slept around and had extravagant parties.

@BenHopkins1000 11 ай бұрын

@@LumosnightSo, pretty much what everyone accuses her of being?

@hugomoreno9751 11 ай бұрын

Okay, but can we talk about how sweet and kind looks Marie Antoinette in this video? Her animated version is just adorable!

@yellowstarproductions6743 12 күн бұрын

I agree 👍

@frogglen6350 11 ай бұрын

Execution was way too harsh for her. Even if her opinions were lame

@ZOCCOK 11 ай бұрын

We can say that today, however back then when the concept of revolution was young and fledgling, even the slightest threat or symbol to their power was (in their eyes), a threat to their revolution. So they basically went on a crusade to eliminate anything and everything associated to the monarchy.

@frogglen6350 11 ай бұрын

@@sassenspeyghel4155 And then said extremist ended up losing and bringing back the monarchy after Napoleon lost

@frogglen6350 11 ай бұрын

@ZOCCOK And then you gets Robesperre

@stratospheric37 11 ай бұрын

She was literally a treasonous traitor but okay

@marcus3445 11 ай бұрын

that's why Mao Zedong's decision to not execute China's last emperor but to turn him into a perfect example of a communist citizen was so genius

@SakuraGurl808 11 ай бұрын

I love these “History vs. “ episodes. I’m glad there is a recent update, and debating a famous queen in European history. It’s interesting that the defendant didn’t mention her earlier years as an Austrian princess and the Dauphine in more detail; she was a pretty decent character then. She was seen as a charming and brilliant teenager, but just frivolous in mind; like modern teenagers, she preferred attending social gatherings over studying. But she also had strong morals and stood by them like her mother, hence her clash with Madame du Barry in court.

@night6724 5 ай бұрын

But Marie Antoinette eventually discarded many expensive dresses and tried to making dressing simple more fashionable

@inalatumarianna5510 2 ай бұрын

@@night6724 And got scorned by it too.

@aidanrogers4438 11 ай бұрын

Always love to see new videos in this series. I’d love to see a video on Margaret of Anjou, Lancastrian queen of England during the Wars of the Roses, whose reputation and image is still rather mixed even though more recent historians have started to re-examine her role and character.

@frankydman 11 ай бұрын

Vlad the Impaler would be a good topic for this series Throughout the world he’s remembered as a bloodthirsty, cruel tyrant, and the inspiration for Dracula, but in his native Romania he’s a highly regarded hero

@hello-gx6oi 11 ай бұрын

Yeah i want them to make a history vs Vlad the impaler

@jeffreygao3956 2 ай бұрын

You’d think ar least Armenians would like him since he fought Ottoman Turks.

@justinehercthehuman 11 ай бұрын

This just reminds me of Imelda Marcos but she's worse. She openly admits to being a wasteful first lady and admits to being the reason of the decisions of his husband (a dictator of a president). She's not even a queen yet acts like one. The biggest problem is that the people see them as a power couple in politics. They'd deny the atrocious crimes of the Marcoses and call them the best leaders. She's still alive today with her son being the new president who plans to bury his father in the National Heroes Cemetery. It sickens and disgusts me how people are easily fooled with corrupt politicians. Sad.

@jeffreygao3956 11 ай бұрын

Corazon Aquino was ten times the president Ferdinand Marcos ever was!

@ChristianSirianni 11 ай бұрын

The guys who snubbed the Beatles

@moonshot3159 11 ай бұрын

Nah the fact that Marcos is president today is proof that the Filipino people no longer believe that false narrative that was perpetuated by their enemies.

@adriandapat1206 11 ай бұрын

They're all corrupt because of a bad, outdated system of ours.

@brian3439 11 ай бұрын

His father is already buried in the National Heroes' Cemetery. He's been there for several years now even before the son became the new president. Get all your facts straigjht if you want to champion the "truth". Otherwise, you're just as misniformed as the ones you call victims of fake news.

@MylkT1023 11 ай бұрын

The quote "Let them eat cake" wasnt fabricated by her enemies, but by a philosopher as an autobiography. And by the time he wrote it, it didnt line up with Marie's time in France. She was 9 years old when that infamous quote was coined and she had NEVER been to France at that time

@thenablade858 3 ай бұрын

The story is a fabrication, not the Rosseau quote. That’s what they mean.

@TheMedicatedArtist 11 ай бұрын

Oh thank god. I’ve been wanting this series AND a video on Marie Antoinette.

@urmwhynot 11 ай бұрын

A child bride made Queen consort of France. What a perfect scapegoat

@nicholaslewis8594 11 ай бұрын

And she was Austrian, so even better.

@mississipi1103 11 ай бұрын

Erm both were children

@thekoolquintents6770 11 ай бұрын

That's politics for you, pin the blame on one group, person, or economic system and say you'll be better than that.

@P.eac.h 11 ай бұрын

Her husband was literally only one year older than her.

@KL-ki8db 11 ай бұрын

@@P.eac.hWho still should have had a better understanding of France since he was literally born there.

@martijnkeisers5900 11 ай бұрын

Being a symbol is a heavy burden, one can end up being seen as a savior or a demon depending on things out of one's control. The fact we are still discussing her faith say's it all.

@merrymachiavelli2041 11 ай бұрын

All in all, she seems pretty normal as far as Queens went, she just lived during a period when the concept of monarchy was questioned, which changes her context as a historical figure. Nobody gives a flying fig about the hundreds of other historical queens who may or may not have spent lavishly or given bad foreign policy advice.

@bleedingroze 11 ай бұрын

For any interested, there is a fantastic manga about the French Revolution and many of the things leading up to it, told through the lens of the executioner of Paris and his family. It’s extremely gory and highly stylized/sensationalized, but the perspectives of the author and the way they tell the stories of real people is fascinating. My favorite plot point is that a large part of the tipping point leading up to the revolt is the barbarism the public sees in public displays of execution and torture. The story starts with the young main character (who is the man who beheaded Louie XVI) learning the trade from his father. In those days the king is an unrivaled god in the eyes of the people of France, but by the time he’s a grown man teaching his own children, the people of France are disillusioned and foaming at the mouth for change. The manga is “Innocent” by Sakamoto Shinichi.

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

oh wow! i'll check this out! really fascinating stuff, glad you recommended it!

@AliSakurai 11 ай бұрын

Don't forget the rose of Versailles. The author was praised by the French government because of how accurate it was.

@baphomex668 11 ай бұрын

Innocent is amazing honestly. It has some of the most beautifull pages of manga that i have ever seen, and its full of incredible moments and Characters

@mistyknoxwall9051 11 ай бұрын

That's my favorite manga! It's incredible!

@rimanag1567 11 ай бұрын

Thank you soo much for the recommendation! I'll definitely check it out.

@stephenwhitacre5208 11 ай бұрын

I feel so bad for Marie Antoniette. She was too harshly hated for something she had no power over and couldn't fix things she with people who were not listening to her. She may have made some flaws but she was better than a whole lot of people

@user-pq4fc1mc7q 8 ай бұрын

What a poor, powerless... monarch?

@aryoneshinnthant4317 8 ай бұрын

She didn't get the proper education. She is only good at art, music, entertainments and fashion.

@aspannas 5 ай бұрын

@@user-pq4fc1mc7q She was a queen, she didn't have nearly as much power as her husband, the king. She basically had no political power.

@user-pq4fc1mc7q 5 ай бұрын

@@aspannas "queen... basically no political power" do you even hear yourselves. In medieval times the queen was the most powerful piece on the chessboard, look how far we've come today they're pathetic and awarded no agency. I bet you stick up for Caroline Bryant

@sentientbottleofglue6272 5 ай бұрын

@@user-pq4fc1mc7q *A FEMALE Monarch They don't have much say in anything, actually. Basically her role for the majority of the time: "Smile and wave boys, smile and wave"

@pie1623 11 ай бұрын

honestly much of the hate she faced and still faces is just badly concealed mysogny

@jeremy1860 11 ай бұрын

It's sad, isn't it? How many people just jump at the chance to make someone out to be a villain. And how long history will hold to that view 😟

@blank_3768 11 ай бұрын

except she want a good person, she was slandered but it doesn’t change the fact she was an absolute monarchist

@JEkglw 11 ай бұрын

All monarchs are villains

@ConservativeCatholic2000 11 ай бұрын

@@JEkglwstill, I would prefer a monarch over a politician

@interferenzbrille_2542 11 ай бұрын

@@mellmellody Nobody says that, mate. It's just that the hate directed to her is disproportionately more than to others, and that is an interesting thing to acknowledge.

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

@@interferenzbrille_2542this thread is literally filled with comments saying "poor marie antoinette" - where are you getting that most people throw hate at her??? name a movie or show or book that paints her in a bad light? its all defending her. the only people that threw hate at her were the french people and they had every right to be angry. id agree that her husband was responsible and she was a royal baby maker expected to behave and produce an heir and thats it! it wasnt her fault, but its incorrect to make it assume like the last 100 years havent been spent attempting to make a martyr of her despite the fact that she was part of a criminally inept regime that left no other choices than exile or execution for the french people. id argue she isnt relevant to the story and the only reason she is paraded around as a victim of the revolution is because she is the most sympathetic character of the story despite being utterly lacking in her own agency for good or for bad.

@jentacularbudget2287 10 ай бұрын

One thing few people mention is that when she was presented with an enslaved child from Senegal who was expected to become her servant, she immediately adopted him and had him baptised as Jean Amilcar. She then funded his education until she physically could not. For the standards of the time, she treated people of colour far better than others did at court, especially Madame Du Barry, who made her Indian servant perform as an African savage for her own entertainment.

@DJuuJ 11 ай бұрын

"And can even the powerful be victims of circumstance?" Certified Pu-yi moment

@auwanho 11 ай бұрын

Under a very drastic different background, Marie Antoinette could have been the princess Diana of France.

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

barf

@altinaykor364 4 ай бұрын

she was much simpler than Diana. if she had behaved like Diana and made herself the center of attentions up close (which she could, because anyone who was close to her and knew her even for a few months, was ready to die for her) things would've been different

@Newdivide 11 ай бұрын

Marie Antoinette: Hey my hair is a boat I'm not making that up. Her hair really was a boat - oversimplified, French Revolution

@melodyclark1944 11 ай бұрын

It was to show support for the American Revolution

@piedathemokona 11 ай бұрын

Watched the video this morning

@abbyadventure5689 11 ай бұрын

I love overslimplofie

@MossyMozart 11 ай бұрын

@Newdivide - It was in support of the French Navy and was a wig, of course.

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

@@MossyMozartoh well thats not as fun or ironic, but i agree it would have been too perfect to have a symbol of revolution on her head only for her to then lose her head in revolution. how poetic, but probably too on the nose to actually be real.😂

@nerd26373 11 ай бұрын

We will always support this channel. They're the best at everything.

@liliyafaskhutdinova6532 11 ай бұрын

Her own "private chateau" near Versailles is essentially a house smaller than many modern private mentions. It's not nearly as luxury as Versailles, the rooms are very small and the reason she had it was exactly because she wanted to live a simpler life than that in the official king's residence.

@watching7721 10 ай бұрын

I've heard it was more of a vacation home than a day to day residence

@Vicioussama 11 ай бұрын

Marie Antoinette was wrongfully slandered tbh, I do feel bad for her.

@missl1775 11 ай бұрын

What about all the children she adopted or helped raise? That would have been an interesting discussion point.

@kathryn3802 11 ай бұрын

What a wonderful treat after work, always enjoy this series!. As a lawyer.and history buff, I really appreciate how you present both sides and raise valuable questions. Marie Antoinette is certainly a fascinating figure. She really shows all the contradictions of a queen consort. Look forward to seeing more History v. videos.

@paleoph6168 11 ай бұрын

I love this series by Ted Ed. I can't wait on who they will put on trial next!

@allanfarina1105 11 ай бұрын

Winston Churchill would be a great subject for a "History on Trial" episode

@Golden_Blaze101 11 ай бұрын

the animation team really needs an applause

@jeffreygao3956 11 ай бұрын

I think Marie should’ve just been confined to house arrest. The revolutionary government was just too quick to judge her guilty. PS I’m hold out for History vs… Richard Lionheart Alexander the Great Pericles Leonidas Oda Nobunaga Andrew Carnegie John D Rockefeller Walt Disney

@theotherohlourdespadua1131 11 ай бұрын

Doubtful. Marie Antoinette is Austrian and by the time she was executed in 1793 her home country of Austria has been at war with the First French Republic since 1791. Her own nationality doomed her to the guillotine along with their aborted escape to the French border. The French, already anti-Austrian by national character, would not let an enemy foreigner related to a deposed king live another minute longer...

@arethas1387 11 ай бұрын

She was pretty much under house arrest but still found ways to leak important military secrets during the war

@daothucanh9621 11 ай бұрын

Maybe they have to get rid of her because of her relation to the Austrian Monarch. Someone on this comment section has pointed out that the Austrian King (I believe he was her brother) could use this opportunity to take control of France and put her husband/son back into power. Or they want to use her as a scapegoat, a convenient symbol like this video had said, to gather support and to justify their new regime

@lionellion4621 11 ай бұрын

What I like about this series is that (Most of them) leave you on the balance of trying to figure out who if anyone is the guilty party. And the judge who usually has the final word, always clinches it with a sentence that shows that things are more paradoxical than they seem.

@Edmonton-of2ec 11 ай бұрын

Actually, France’s finances were ruined before Louis XVI took the throne. The last time the country had a balanced budget (no surplus) was in the middle of the reign of Louis’s predecessor and grandfather, Louis XV. He also spent more frivolous then either Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette, as he heaped sums of money onto mistresses, while his grandson remained faithful. One should also note the highest court spender during Louis XVI’s reign was not his wife, but the King’s brother Charles Philippe, Count of Artois (the future King Charles X)

@prabowodjojominarso6151 11 ай бұрын

Yeah you are right 👍👍 the last time ancien regime france had surplus was during the regency of cardinal fleury !! France during the era of louis xiii, xiv and xv have 3 cardinal who ruled as statesmen when the kings still in minority ( cardinal richeleu , cardinal mazarin and cardinal fleury )

@thenablade858 3 ай бұрын

Nobody said otherwise.

@sebdragonholste2404 21 күн бұрын

If Marie Antoinette had not been married to Louis, very little would’ve changed and you could not call her a traitor she wasn’t French her only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

@tomasgomez6142 11 ай бұрын

This is one of the best series on this channel! Glad to see it back, and going there's more to come!

@tuyet2bdead193 11 ай бұрын

I only recently came to notice Marie Antoinette after the exhibit in Japan about her, they hired the singer Aimer to sing a song about the young lady, "marie". Surely romanticized, but Aimer took a moment to reflect on the kind of life such a young girl had to live.

@KTChamberlain 11 ай бұрын

Whether you like her or hate her, can we all agree that Marie Antoinette is overrated? I mean as a history buff, she strikes me as someone who barely had any agency to speak of, especially when compared to women like Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, and Joan of Arc, and that's just to name a few.

@Lum1s-yf6jf 11 ай бұрын

No we cannot

@seanmcloughlin5983 11 ай бұрын

@jackjones4824she could’ve been the most egalitarian person on the face of the earth, lived in a poor house, and donated every cent she had and there was nothing she or anyone in France could’ve done to get France out of its financial hole Besides taxes their total defeat in the 7 years where they lost basically all their colonies and most of their working age men, they were kinda screwed regardless

@aarushiyadav7101 11 ай бұрын

Most women in history did not have much agency. We can’t just exclude them.

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

right - she was neither a victim or a villain. she was just there.

@BKStarlet08 11 ай бұрын

I honestly never understood why Marie Antoinette was so famously scandalized

@fpz3491 11 ай бұрын

So glad to see another video of history on trial, thank you!

@QuirkyGirlCorner 11 ай бұрын

Marie was a child and she had no idea what was going on and the French court was nuts before she came there

@alexanderguerrero347 11 ай бұрын

Marie spoke French though. She could figure it out.

@FenTastic18 11 ай бұрын

The thing is: she was not properly prepared for the French court’s rules of etiquette and behaviors as established by previous monarchs; they were likely rather weird to her compared to her understanding of her own court’s rules; as she was not the first choice for the marriage, she was not given the head start training her sisters received on how to navigate these rules, and the French nobility judged harshly, especially considering her age and being foreign to the court

@Dennis-nc3vw 7 ай бұрын

She wasn’t ‘a child’ by the time the French Revolution happened.

@8bitdiedie 10 күн бұрын

Weird how no one has this attitude about her husband also being a child when he came to power.

@valmid5069 11 ай бұрын

Its great to see another History Vs videos, this is an icing on the cake

@luonggiaphat7946 11 ай бұрын

I’m hoping for History vs General Douglas McAuthur next. Some people regard him as one of the best USS generals, while others say he is incompetent and egotistical.

@BenHopkins1000 11 ай бұрын

I’m also hoping for History vs. Grant. Let’s wait a whole century before doing History vs. Trump…

@luonggiaphat7946 11 ай бұрын

@@BenHopkins1000 Although Trump was far from being a great president, I think he had some bright ideas, like bringing manulfacture back to his country, closing the border. His first term didn't go too well considering the trade war and the horrible covid response. This time though, he made some better plans while trying to run for president, like trying to end homelessness, and building new cities, I think he would be a good advisor.

@DylanDkoh 4 ай бұрын

@@luonggiaphat7946manufacture back to the USA!? Delusional when American labor is the most expensive in the world.

@luonggiaphat7946 4 ай бұрын

@@DylanDkoh Cheap cost for products would be a heavy cost for this to work, but from Trump’s perspective, it could be an advantage in the long run. By manufacturing many of your industrial goods rather than letting your own rival do it for you, you still have powerful industrial capabilities and is less dependent on your enemy.

@danielrestrepo6988 11 ай бұрын

Love these history on trial vids. Easily my favorite thing you guys produce

@sunsetrose5772 11 ай бұрын

Been waiting for this. Thanks ❤

@helenavanhimbeeck3520 11 ай бұрын

It would be interesting if you put Leopold II (king from belgium) on trial.

@sayexavier4457 11 ай бұрын

They usually try to do controversial figures, not someone who outrighted committed genocide

@karlheinzamigable5770 11 ай бұрын

Im glad this series is back

@dhritidutta6231 11 ай бұрын

You all are amazing.. Grateful for your talent and service... 💛💛

@morgan2935 11 ай бұрын

This is one of the best channels ever, loved this!

@colleenodriscoll8914 11 ай бұрын

Omigosh i was really hoping they’d do her in this series!

@gamebawesome 11 ай бұрын

Reading about her, I look at Marie Antionette in a more sympathetic light. She really was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

@JW-do2wc 8 ай бұрын

I'm glad they have more of these episodes.

@oopsy444 10 ай бұрын

So glad they brought back this series! Its what got me into ted ed to start!

@billcipherproductions1789 11 ай бұрын

You should also do History vs. Anne Boleyn.

@aarushiyadav7101 11 ай бұрын

I never imagined they would actually do this video after so many years 😭

@NicholasIrvin 11 ай бұрын

It's good to see another history on trial video hope we see more keep up the good work

@therustymachete796 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Flawless video keep up the great work.

@AlvaroIbacacheS 11 ай бұрын

It’s amazing how the figure of Marie Antoinette has change so drastically in latter decades, once a hate historical figure, nowadays she’s the center of attention of Versailles, she’s probably the most well know royal figure in French history.

@Moss_knight00 11 ай бұрын

I don't even have words to describe how much I love this serie, maybe only the demon of reason one is on pair. You know what? I just love ted-ed

@pouya8221 11 ай бұрын

Love these videos, please keep it up!

@12roses8 11 ай бұрын

Loved this series Thanks

@MikeJupiter66 10 ай бұрын

Given how the "History vs." series has already done a video on Henry VIII and now, a queen consort, doing a video on Anne Boleyn or Catherine Howard would be pretty great, given that both of them tend to be quite polarizing figures. Especially Anne with being part of the Protestant Reformation and being the "Scandal of Christendom".

@emmy.d6303 7 ай бұрын

Also: She said let them eat bread, not cake, but it was interpreted as cake.

@macmedia1000 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for getting this out i hope E15 will come soon

@ryangosling239 11 ай бұрын

Another history video, yayyy. Love these videos

@bagasputra8590 11 ай бұрын

The embodiment of “well-behaved women barely make history.” 👑

@ZOCCOK 11 ай бұрын

Well behaved women seldom make history

@stratospheric37 11 ай бұрын

What history did she make? That of doing nothing? If she didn't want to be well behaved she should've joined the executors against all the royals that's what she should have done

@NIGHTGUYRYAN 11 ай бұрын

she's actually the embodiment of nepotism with no merit. she was actually quite well behaved considering she was a queen and it would have been required of her to behave. the french people didnt like her, but dont act like she made history by being a rebel 😂

@leeh4669 11 ай бұрын

She was a rich teenage girl who loved having fun and shopping, then a young queen uneducated about politics who was scapegoated by nearly everyone around her. She was never “badly behaved.”

@grillygrilly 11 ай бұрын

@@leeh4669 Yes, she enjoyed shopping and having an extravagant lifestyle at the cost of everyone else. That's the problem.

@MinsEducation 11 ай бұрын

As someone who hardly paid any attention during my high school history I love these video, now I too can pretend to know about history.

@myasimone6030 11 ай бұрын

love history on trial!! such good videos

@ab76254 11 ай бұрын

I really love your narration!

@NikiforosJoannis 11 ай бұрын

Great video with a lot of balance in the narrative. In the end, she suffered for being sold as a royal wife.

@kairinaminemix 11 ай бұрын

I feel bad for both King Loui and Marie Antoinette. They were both teenagers thrown into pressure and duties they weren’t ready for. Who would’ve thought a 17 and 18 year old would have poor spending habits 🙃

@deborahminter6231 10 ай бұрын

I don't feel bad for king Loui😁

@Tirocoa 10 ай бұрын

@@deborahminter6231 He was also a victim of circumstances. The only fault he has is incompetence, which shouldn't be that big of a problem if his predecessors didn't make the country very dependent on the ruler.

@loner1878 11 ай бұрын

Love these history vs series.

@mikechicago6200 11 ай бұрын

Wish we could see more of these videos! Love to see History Vs Tojo!

@amied7361 10 ай бұрын

May I ask who is Tojo

@user-bt2cc6vk3h 11 ай бұрын

It’s so sad the stuff they forced her kids to say about her and she was gifted a Soave boy but she was astonished that’s they would give her a shave so she dressed him up and gave him a name

@catnior 9 күн бұрын

Haylee Baybee had to watch this after the Met 🤣

@mecahhannah 11 ай бұрын

Awesome thanks as always

@rockchicjaja 11 ай бұрын

Mad props for this video, Ted ed. 🙂

@dynastywarriorlord07 6 ай бұрын

Can you guys make history VS Henry Kissinger next? I feel that with his passing as of November 2023, he would definitely be an interesting figure to examine

@benjamintan2733 11 ай бұрын

Not gonna lie. I played Time Princess which consist of the story of Queen Marie Antoinette, and I say that no matter which option I choose, be it good or bad, the people of France always ridicule the queen. It was sad that the story ended up beheading the queen for no apparent reasons, other to prove what Revolution can do.

@alexl.p8223 11 ай бұрын

Finally! a new 'History vs' video.

@sebastianzepeda5269 11 ай бұрын

Please keep these series alive, it is a breath of fresh air for teachers like me! 😅

@hikmetabdulhamid 11 ай бұрын

We, in Ethiopia, are facing the same circumstances France was facing then. High cost of living, very hard to afford anything and the PM is building a Palace. Who does that in this century?

@umalunatica 11 ай бұрын

Same here in Brazil

@hikmetabdulhamid 11 ай бұрын

@@umalunatica I guess humans never change. Whether emperors, Kings, or "democratic leaders", one's who love power always want more ways to show their power. Its human nature to want more

@NoName-hg6cc 10 ай бұрын

Can you vote? Because in that case you cannot really say anything much, you have the power to choose

@hikmetabdulhamid 10 ай бұрын

@@NoName-hg6cc We can vote in name only. It's always rigged. And the PM is a smooth talker. People are only realising what kind of leader and government we have got right now