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Jonathan King wrote:
On 4/16/08, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
I would think that the French royalty were utterly dismissive and arrogant
in any dangers they may have perceived from their own people.
The French royalty and aristocracy of the 18th century practically
*define* dismissive and arrogant, with a bit of stupifying ignorance
thrown in. I mean, "Let them eat cake" (not actually cake but a
different kind of quick bread) was really more completely clueless
than it was arrogant.
It seems to be a general thing that just before a King is deposed, that
he has highly inflated views of the proprietary nature of his authority.
Other examples are Charles I of England, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
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