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I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. marie antoinette
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In 16th century European society] Marriage was the triumphal arch through which women, almost without exception, had to pass in order to reach the public eye. And after marriage followed, in theory, the total self-abnegation of the woman.
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marriage
men
feminism
women-s-rights
history
self-determination
independence
women
empowerment
wedlock
subjugation
self-abnegation
married-life
matrimony
social-norms
misogyny
perception
inequality
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As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc de Choiseul who was given the privilege of the first salute. Presented with the Duc by Prince Starhemberg, Marie Antoinette exclaimed: 'I shall never forget that you are responsible for my happiness!
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Antonia Fraser |
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It was a fact generally acknowledged by all but the most contumacious spirits at the beginning of the seventeenth century that woman was the weaker vessel; weaker than man, that is. ... That was the way God had arranged Creation, sanctified in the words of the Apostle. ... Under the common law of England at the accession of King James I, no female had any rights at all (if some were allowed by custom). As an unmarried woman her rights were ..
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fathers
marriage
men
feminism
women-s-rights
history
self-determination
independence
women
empowerment
wedlock
common-law
guardianship
feudalism
subjugation
married-life
property
matrimony
social-norms
misogyny
inequality
gender
husbands
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Antonia Fraser |
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Darnley, who, like Banquo's ghost, seemed to play a much more effective part in Scottish politics once he was dead than when he was alive.
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Antonia Fraser |
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It lies in humanity's infinite capacity for self-deception where some perceived (and in this case long-desired) advantage is at stake
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Antonia Fraser |
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Mignon' said the King, 'soon you are going to be a great king'. But he also told Anjou, in a memorable phrase 'Try to remain at peace with your neighbors: I have loved war too much...
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Antonia Fraser |
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Was Charles I too stubborn to listen to reason? Could Civil War have been averted if the king had been more willing to negotiate? His great enemy Cromwell always maintained that the king had been swayed at the last moment by his queen, the beautiful Henrietta Maria. We can believe Cromwell's claim that the queen told her husband to be firm. But the wicked, spiteful, altogether irresistable quote often attributed to her by Puritan writers of..
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impotence
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Antonia Fraser |
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Though Charles II both craved and enjoyed female companionship till the end of his life, there is no question that by the cold, rainy autumn of 1682 his physical appetites had diminshed considerably. The Duchess of Portsmouth was, after all, more than twenty years his junior; and there comes a time in nearly every such relationship when the male partner is simply unable to fully accommodate the female partner. Or as Samuel Pepys tartly note..
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male-and-female
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Antonia Fraser |
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The real work of destruction had been done long before by satire, libel and rumour; Marie Antoinette had become dehumanized. The actual assault by a body of people inspiring each other with their bloodthirsty frenzy was the culmination of the process, not the start of it.
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Antonia Fraser |
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She might be furious at such things, jealous too on a purely human level; but she would never consider that the position of mistress could or would be converted into that of wife. That to Isabella - or her daughter - was quite unthinkable.
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Antonia Fraser |
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sunken to that of an old woman in the harsh disguise
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Antonia Fraser |
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It is a fact that, being a quick reader, apart from enabling a person to study good books such as Macaulay and Gibbon, enables a person to read a lot of bad books as well.
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Antonia Fraser |
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very last answer which Paulet and Buckhurst were prepared to
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Antonia Fraser |
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Certainly, it is impossible to understand the course of the Powder Treason from now on unless one takes into account the magnetism of Robert Catesby.
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Antonia Fraser |
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Gli emblemi potevano essere facilmente rimossi, ma la memoria e l'affetto erano piu difficili da cancellare.
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Antonia Fraser |
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Kings who become prisoners are not far from death.
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Antonia Fraser |
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This time the Empress was supposed to have asked the celebrated healer and pretender to miraculous powers, John Joseph Gassner: "Will my daughter be happy?" His reply was suitably gnomic: "There are crosses for all shoulders." 3"
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Antonia Fraser |
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a modern definition of terrorism: 'the weapon of the weak, pretending to be strong'.
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Antonia Fraser |
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People cannot help their predilections, although they may conceal them.
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Antonia Fraser |
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Wherever I may be In the woods or in the fields Whatever the hours of day Be it dawn or the eventide My heart still feel it yet The eternal regret... As I sink into my sleep The absent one is near Alone upon my couch I feel his beloved touch
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Mary Queen of Scots Translated by Antonia Fraser |