/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

One of Marie Antoinette's dresses recreated for a documentary. Not as grand as the portrait image but this documentary's budget was low so I'm surprised they did this at all.

>>8342569
I would say she was and she wasn't. She was a victim of circumstances in that she couldn't help what station she was born into, and she did what she could within the confines of her station, and almost everything negative said about her (then and now) wasn't really true. She didn't bankrupt the government, she didn't spend all that much compared to the rest of the royals who weren't vilified for their own expenses, she didn't plan to bathe in the blood of the French, and so on. And there was really no excuse or precedent for executing her, when at the time of her trial they had no evidence of her dealings with foreign powers, and as a queen consort she had no power.

But during the revolution she chose to be an active player in the efforts to undermine the new government and regain more control and respect for the king and monarchy. In her attempt at being an active player, she was playing both sides, secretly writing to foreign powers, etc.