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    Cited: Hunt‚ Lynn. “The Many Bodies of Marie Antoinette: Political Pornography and the Problem of the Feminine in the French Revolution.” Eroticism and the Body Politic. Lynn Hunt‚ ed. Baltimore‚ MA: The Johns Hopkins University Press‚ 1991. 108-130. Book. Laqueur‚ Thomas. Rev. of Eroticism and

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    Marie Curie - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie Wikipedia Marie Skłodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on ... ‎Pierre Curie - ‎Aplastic anemia - ‎Ève Curie - ‎Irène Joliot-Curie Marie Curie - Biography - Physicist - Biography.com www.biography.com/people/marie-curie-9263538 Fyi Explore the scientific mind of Marie Curie‚ two-time

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    Dear Monsieur Dubois‚ I’m afraid your opinion on Marie Antoinette is false. The story is all wrong! Jewelers Böhmer and Bassenge nearly went broke creating a necklace that they presumed King Louis XV would buy for his mistress Madame du Barry. Unfortunately for them‚ the king died before he was able to buy it. They hoped Louis XVI‚ the new king‚ would agree to purchase the necklace. Before he could buy it‚ Madame Antoinette made a smart and patriotic decision to convince Louis not to buy it. She

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    Full name: Marie Sklodowska Curie Place of Birth: Warsaw on November 7‚ 1867 Age of death: JULY 4TH 1934 CAUSE OF DEATH CANCER- LEUKEMIA  Early life: in what was then the Russian Empire‚ with Poland having been divided up amongst various European nations due to war and subsequent treaties. When she was only 10 years old her mother died of tuberculosis‚ a short time after her elder sister had died of typhus. Despite this setback‚ Marie struggled on with her studies‚ graduating high school at age

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    Fifteen Louis the sixteenth‚ marries Marie Antoinette the fourteen year old Austrian Princess‚ daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa‚ to strengthen the France-Austria alliance. The French people dislike the Austrian Antoinette almost immediately. When Louis the sixteenth becomes King France is in deep debt. Heavy taxation left many of the French in poverty‚ resulting in anger against the government. King Louis and Marie Antoinette become a joke because of the kings "all

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    XVI who was an absolute monarch. This meant that he could decide for everything and did not have to be approved by a parliament. When Louis married Marie Antoinette‚ an Austrian Archduchess‚ they were first popular with the French public but as the years went by‚ they lost popularity‚ especially because of Marie Antoinette. It wasn’t only Marie Antoinette who made the royal government unpopular. Many people thought the king had too much power and they thought that king’s power should come from the people

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    someone. Marie Antoinette and Edmund Kemper had both become serial killers. Edmund made himself out to be normal‚ but wasn’t. Edmund Kemper did’t have any logical reason to do it other than just for fun‚ but was very cruel. Marie Antoinette died during the revolution and came back centuries later as a ghost just to hurt the families that hurt her. Marie Antionette and Edmund Kemper both shared reasons for killing people by their tactics‚ attributes‚ and defeat. Edmund Kemper and Marie Antoinette both

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    that was won. After 72 years of reign‚ Louis XIV died at Versailles on 1 September 1715 because of smallpox. After a few days of Louis XV died‚ his son Louis XVI was proclaimed the new king of France. Louis XVI was very nervous with his wife Marie Antoinette and he did not know

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    expected‚ in the western world‚ we are largely in control of what we wear and thus are perpetually communicating some element of personal identity every time we get dressed‚ whether it is intentional or subconscious. Using the visual examples of Marie Antoinette‚ Queen of France and a fashion icon in the late 18th century and Lady Gaga‚ a current fashion and pop icon‚ this essay demonstrates how‚ even though centuries have passed‚ the practice of augmenting and shrinking the figure through fashion garments

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    There were many causes for the French Revolution‚ which started in 1789. However there were three main causes that affected the decision to have a revolution the most which were the weak economy‚ a bad harvest‚ and King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. These were the main reasons that lead to the French Revolution because these events were the ones that affected France the most during 1789. The weak economy was one of the causes of the French Revolution because at that time France was in

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