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Hi John.
Frenchie here. It's well known that the famous "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" of Jean Jacques Rousseau's Confession is often attributed to be about Marie Antoinette.
However most french do know that this was misattributed. There are no known records of Marie Antoinette saying those words.
Most likely they are about Madame Victoire. The French wiki article is well documented on this topic.
Regards,
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I know you don't usually focus much on the military side, but the concept of changing France into a nation of citizens is a huge factor in France's military success both before and during Napoleon's reign. Other countries would field royal, professional armies, but France mobilised its people into huge armies that could more easily weather defeats or casualties compared to its rivals. So everyone looked at the French armies and said "Oh wow, they can just recruit anyone? We have to do that too!" and thus, by necessity, the other European countries at the time also had to change, arguably even democratise, their military mindset.
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10:57 One potentially important clarification. Napoleon wasn't a commoner, but by this point, most nobles had either renounced their titles of nobility or fled the country.
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@megamangos7408
4 years ago
History doesn't necessarily repeat itself, but it does rhyme from time to time.
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