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Article: "Marie Antoinette".(Letter to the editor)
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- Catholic Insight
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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I was surprised to read comments in the press about the "Marie Antoinette" film, referring to her as a licentious person.
Many people regard Marie Antoinette as a good, moral individual, true to her Catholic faith. Her husband, King Louis XVI, was also a good-living person. He was one of the few French kings not to have had mistresses. Upon ascending to the throne, Louis was already locked into a situation where 25 percent of the national income was spent on Versailles. While conditions in the country were far from perfect, the 'storming' of the Bastille is said to have freed only nine prisoners, some of whom were there for good reason. Louis also forbade his ...