Was Marie Antoinette really as terrible as history made her to be?

by reginageorge_05

Marie Antoinette has always been depicted as a queen with a very lavish lifestyle despite the fact that a lot of commoners are living in poverty. However, despite her bad reputation in history, I’ve watched several documentaries that doesn’t really paint her as a bad person. Was she just blamed for all the terrible things that happened in France because they can’t blame the king? Or was she really as terrible as history made her be?

mimicofmodes

There's always more that can be said, but I invite you to read over some of my past answers about Marie Antoinette:

What did the French people think about Marie Antoinette before she became queen?

Did Marie Antoinette actually say "let them eat cake"?

I also have others under the French Royalty section of my flair profile.