For a moment, Emma forgot about her problems when she entered the luxurious Versailles Palace. She didn't know that humans could live in such an amazing luxury. Rich people then and now were quite different. Many items here were true masterpieces of arts that could no longer be found in the modern world.
The government had worked preserving the historical artifacts of the French royals from hundreds of years ago. And because of their dedication, today's generations could see first hand how the nobles of the past had lived their lives.
Various gold-plated furniture, beautiful giant rugs, luxurious and classy curtains, lots and lots of paintings, medals, swords, armors and royal staff, intricate and beautiful clothes, all of which succeeded in making the students.amazed.
They spent two hours inside listening to Monsieur Thomas and Madame Delaval's stories about French history and culture while observing the contents of the amazing palace.
After the palace, they then made their way to visit the museum and one more garden before finally returning to their hotel to rest. On the way back, the students were busy discussing the tragic fate of Queen Marie Antoinette and her husband, King Louis XVI.
They found it hard to imagine how the French king and queen, who lived in luxury, ended up with their heads decapitated by guillotines in public.
The peasants of France finally felt enough was enough when they saw the royal family and the nobles living in luxury while the peasants themselves were suffering. Year after year, their taxes were being continually raised until it became unbearable. They then carried out a revolution with the spirit of "liberté, égalité, and fraternité," which meant "freedom, equality, and fraternity", which became the national slogan of France.
1. Liberté (Liberty) consists of being able to do anything that does not harm others. Thus, the exercise of the natural rights of every man or woman has no bounds other than those that guarantee other members of society the enjoyment of these same rights.
2. Egalité (Equality), means The Law must be the same for all, whether it protects or punishes. All citizens, being equal in its eyes, shall be equally eligible to all high offices, public positions, and employments, according to their ability, and without other distinction than that of their virtues and talents.
3. Fraternité (Fraternity) means that they are brothers (family), with moral obligations rather than rights, links rather than statutes, and community rather than individuality.
Queen Marie Antoinette was considered to be the reason why France was drowning in debt, and the tax was increasing every year. Even though when her husband ascended the throne, France was already buried in debt. The people thought they were starving to finance the lavish parties that she threw, and this made the French people hate her.
It was later suggested by historians, that Marie Antoinette held many parties because she was lonely. She had no friends in France since she was sent to Paris as a political bride from Austria when she was 14 years old. She was married to the crown prince of France, who was then 15 years old, as a sign of peace treaty between Austria and France.
When the French revolution took place in August 1792, Marie Antoinette and her husband tried to flee with their children to Austria, but their escape failed, and they were imprisoned while awaiting people's trials. Because of the stress of being separated from her young children, Marie Antoinette's hair turned white.
After the court ruled that King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were guilty, the two were sentenced to death by beheading with a guillotine. Louis XVI in January 1793 and Marie Antoinette nine months later.
Everything they heard about the couple's story made the students of St. Catherine felt like they had just read a novel with a tragic ending. By seeing Versailles' palace in person, it was as if the story came to life, and they could imagine how it was unfolding before them.
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