Day 8

My goal for today was to do 18 Index cards and it went great because i did 19 and now i am ahead whcih is good. I did a lot of research and found a very great website for my project. My intention for next class is to do more research and 4 mroe index cards.

Index Card #19

http://royalnews.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/marie_antoinette_a_la_rose_1783_oil_on_canvas2.jpg
This website directly goes to Marie Antoinette's picture. It is great for my because i am doing a video and need to know what kind of clothes she wears and what her style is so that i would be able to immitate it for my movie.

Index Card #18

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Marie-Antoinette
This website has Marie Antoinette's whole biography. It is a pretty big article but it is like her whole life. It has her effect on the revolution, her power, her affect on the people of the community and etc... Pretty much her whole life which is why it is a biography. It can really help me with my project. LOTS OF INFORMATION !

Index Card #17

http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/Marie-Antoinette
This is ONE OF THE BEST WEBSITES that i have found so far. It is a timeline website and have all of the important things that happened in Marie Antoinette's life and this is very very VERY helpful to me because in my movie i am pretty mcuh doing all of the important things that happened in Antoinette's life and its effect on others. So this website could work as a major source and as a refrence to go back and see if i have everything that is important in Marie Antoinette's life. It also has the event and a breif explanation of the event and it has the whole essence to it. It is a short paragraph and so i do not have sit there and read like 2 pages... it sums the main point which is what i NEED for my video because it has to creative but consice because it can't get boring. And if i need more information, i can click on the "Full details" link and it had it explained. GREA GREAT WEBSITE !!!

DEFINETELY GO BACK TO IT!!! AWESSOMMMMEEE RESOURCE !!

Index Card #16

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5154/fran.htm
now the articles are basically repeating the same things that i have found at other websties and articles. So im jsut going to record stuff that i had not found from other websites, which includes:
-had a very close group of friends that she chose to be with and hung out with
-had many lovers outside of marraige
-confesed that she led a life of "a despicable prostitute"
-spend soo much money on everything untill she reazlied that she was spending money that she did not have

Index Card #15

http://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/marie-antoinette.htm
very brief article on the basic information...the main important thing was that during the french revolution she opposed the moderate refomers, and constantly plotted to restore the power of the monarchy.

Day 7

Today's intention entering the day was to do 14 Index Cards total and that is exactly what i did. Iaccomplished my goal and i am gathering a lot of information that is helpful with my project and my final product. My goal for next time is to do 4 more index cards

Index Card #14

http://www.vernonjohns.org/snuffy1186/marieant.html
This website pretty summarizes everything Antoinette was invovled and all about her life but shortned. It is a bigrpahy but not very long. It is short and to the point about all the main events that happened in her life. It is written in bullet format, so I can use this as a reference or an outline to make sure that somehow use most of the information on this and put it my video. This is a great website to look back on when doing the video to refrence back on a brief biography.

Index Card #13

http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Marie+Antoinette&offset=0
This is a great website on the diamond necklace scandal. At first it explains what it was and it all started with Cardinal presenting it to Antoinette through Madame de Lamotte. The first half of the article, it explains others who were involved in this, who are Jacques Necker, Jeanne Campen, and finally Marie Antoinette. In her section, it gives a breif summary about her how she became the queen and she was bornin 1755 in austria. And t hen it explains how she became a part of this affair and how it affected her. It explains what were the consequences because of her actions. It shows how the soceity reacted to her actions and this is important because it concerns my topic of how the soceity was affected by her doings and helps explain how the women these days are affected by her.

Index Card #12

http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/frenchrevolution89/antoinette.html
Main points:
-she was bored most of her life that is why she started to go out and start partying which led to lavish spending, affairs, gambling and etc...
-Circle of friends: included Madame de Polignac and the Princess de Lamballe (alleged for supposedly having an affair with them)
-she was at blame because she could have kids with Louis XV but it was actually because of him and his medical condition
-she was much more forceful than her husband with her works in Revolution
-more info on how she worked and helped and was part of the Revolution
- The whole thing with Bastilles happened. Bth king and queen are executed
-Her daughter and Madame Royale survived and lived through the Revolution

Index Card #11

http://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/top-5-marie-antoinette-scandals.htm
THIS IS GREAT WEBSITE !!! IT HAS ALL OF HER MAIN SCANDALS VERY VERY VERY DETAILED!! I love this website. SO much great information. It does not bore you by saying what everything source can give which is her birthday, where she lived and what every single other website has to offer. Gets to the point and explains it very well. Main points:
-Her death was execution
-the crowd was happy
-people wanted to see her wiht fear and cowardly in the end but she was bold to the end
-the executioner had cut of her head of first and ordered her to don a threadbare white shift
Top 5 scandals:
5. "Let them eat cake"
-it is said that she supposedly said it when peasents where starving without any bread to eat, but there is no evidence that she actually said it
-­And the expression isn't as callous as it may sound. From an economical standpoint, it was a perfectly logical thing to say
4. Diamond Necklace Affair
-Jewelers Böhmer and Bassenge nearly went broke creating a necklace that they presumed King Lo­uis XV would buy for his mistress Madame du Barry.
-but unfortunetly he died before he purchased the necklace
-they were hoping that the new king Louis XVI would buy it
-Surprisingly, Marie Antoinette declined the offer and told Louis XVI that he would better off if he put it aside for French navy
-more of the whole story behind and how marie antoinette got to the entire blame for it
3. The Deed with the Sweed
-very good detailed explanation on her affair. go back to it
2. The Brick Wall in the Bedroom
-no kids with husband problem
-detailed explanation
1. The National Wardrobe
-explains her spending life and lavish behaviour on clothes, jewelry and everything

Day 6

My goal enetering today was to do 2 index cards and that is what i accomplished. My goal for tomorrow is to do more research and do 4 index cards and also think about how my final product is going to turn out... think of ideas and stuff since my partner is going to be gone...

Index Card #10

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/rulerspre20th/p/marieantoinette.htm
Main points:
-Marie Antoinette was promised in marriage in order build a diplomatic alliance between her birth family and the family of her husband
-married the french dauphin
-Her frivolity contrasted with the withdrawn personality of her husband
-The French were suspicious of her ties to Austria and her influence on the King in attempting to foster policies friendly to Austria
-Affair of the Diamond Necklace in which she was accused of having an affair with a cardinal in order to obtain a costly diamond necklace, further discredited her
-Marie Antoinette and French Revolution
-After the Bastille stormed, the queen urged the king to resist the Assembly's reforms, making her even more unpopular, and leading to the attribution to her of the remark-- "Let them eat cake!"
-they were forced to move to paris to a prisonal cell like place
-queen and family tried to escape
-king first executed, then queen at age 37 on oct 16 1793
More info with french revolution

Index Card #9

http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2antoinettem.htm
Main points:
-known for outrageous scandals, numerous lovers, and the guillotined queen of France
-supposedly said the phrase "Let them eat the cake" but no evidence
-Marie Antoinette was immature and unprepared to take up her role as dauphine
-she was married ot Louis XVI but had no children because of Louis' medical condition, but she was at blame
-unappreciated because she was a "foreign woman"
-she refused to make freinds with important courtiers
-Louis XV died
-Anotinette and Louis XIV were crowned King and Queen of France
-she had her first daughter with him, Marie Therese Charlotte, and gained some respect
-She spent enormous amounts of money on clothing, jewels, chateaux, and any kind of whim and thus go thte name Madame Deficit
-biggest money scandal = Diamond Necklace Affair
~ was basically she stole the diamonds and had an affair with Madame La Motte
-a mob stormed Bastille
-Then the Revolution forced the royal family to move from the sumptuous palace of Versailles to the dank, dark Tuileries Palace in Paris
-The family tried to escape with help of Antoinette's Swedish lover, Alex Freson, but was unsucessful
-Both King and Queen are executed
-Son dies of TB
-Daughter survives

Day 5

My intention enetering day was to do more reasearch and do index cards. I did this and did a lot of research and currently have 8 index cards. My next action is to continue researching too and have 14 Index cards done by next class

Index Card #8

http://french-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/marie_antoinette

Main points:

-in 1774, there was the coronation of king Louis XVI because they had not had a child in their first fourteen years of their marraige, it was Marie Antoinette's fault
-At Marie Therese Charlotte’s birth, her mother began to dress more conservatively, put aside frivolous courtiers who attended her simply because of their birth, and became family-oriented.
-she was known as "Madame Deficit"
-While the phrase, “Let them eat cake” was never spoken by Marie Antoinette, the rumor illustrates the public sentiment for the queen on whom they blamed every unfortunate circumstance
-the Diamond Necklace Affair made her social status even worse
-Marie Antoinette and her family was then moved to the Tuilere Palace in Paris where they were kept on house arrest
-The family’s attempt to flee in 1791 but the transporation was only for herself
-She did not have leave her children and husband behind and thus insisted that her family flee too but then they are caught and arrested of treason
-Both of them gets executed. Son dies in a prison cell because of TB. Daughter survives (the only one who does).

Index Card #7

http://www.who2.com/marieantoinette.html
Main points: (brief summary)
-she was resented by the French citizenry for her foreign birth and extravagant lifestyle
-known as a wild spender as a yound teen queen
-Marie left Austria for France in 1770 to marry the prince of France
-They both tried to flee but failed
-the new system of govt made them stuck like prisoners
-Failing to get help from royal supporters in England, Prussia and Austria, they were arrested and charged with treason in 1792
-both got executed

Index Card #6

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-10/uol-mtf100406.php
A very brief article about how Marie Antoinette had a celebration loved life and a friviolous life and scadalist life (with both sexes) and explaning and extending more about it

Index Card #5

http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/antoinette.html
Again another website on overall main things that happened in her life (brief summary, small biography)
Main points:
-nov 2, 1755 birth
-youngest most beautiful daughter of Francis Stephen I and Maria Theresa
-brought up beliveing her destiny=become queen of france
-she reduced the royal hoosehold staff, eliminating many unnecessary positions that were based solely on privilege.
-added scandalous stories spready by royal hopefuls
-a mob descended on the palace at Versailles and demanded the royal family move to the Tuilerie palace inside Paris
-King and Queen were virtual prisoners
-royal family ended up being arrested in suspicion of treason and imprisonment
-cruely treated during her final days of her captivity
-Her children (Marie Therese and Louis XVII) were taken from her.
-Louis XVII was subjected to abuse by the family's jailers and later died, supposedly of Tuberculosis and malnutrition.
-Marie Therese, her firstborn daughter was the only family member to survive
-She was executed without any proofs of her crimes

Index Card #4

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09665a.htm
This is a legimit website and gives a breif summary like when she was born, she queen of france. Main points:
-she adopted an imprudent course of action, both in her political and private life
-she was mainly blamed for prodigality
-Diamond Necklace Affair stirred the crowd and the society
-Marie Antoinette secretly negotiated with foreign powers for the king's safety because it was threathened at the opening of Estates-General acclaiming the queen's enemy
-Consecutive actions led to many problems; she was shut up in the temple
-took in trial on oct 14
-she refused to make her confession
-she was finally executed

Day 4 -- 2/19/2009

I am doing the daily post for last class because the internet crashed. My intention entering the day was to do more research and do index cards. I did accomplish that..ish. I did one index card. My action for the next day is to continue researching and doing index cards.

Index Card #3

http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/faces/antoinette.html

This is a breif article on the teen queen. It said how she had no offical role or legimate power because she was so young. Her main job was to have a male heir to take over her husband's throne. But lot of things went wrong because she wanted to be independent. Press started to go crazy with her and her and is basically a breif biography. She had her first child Marie Therese Charlotte and a boy dauphin who unfortunetly died. And more kids later on. After her husband's death, her other two children were taken away from her. Later she was convicted of treason and sexual abuse of her son in October 1793. On October 17, she was executed when was only 37 yrs old

Day 3

My action entering the day was to finish my Product Prospectus, keep doing research and do 3 index cards. I did everything that planned to do except i only did 2 index cards which I think is good. I did a lot of research about Marie Antoinette which gave me stuff about her overall so now i have background info on her which is very essential in answering my question. My next action is to keep doing research and index cards

Index Card #2

http://www.marie-antoinette.org/Articles/Entries/1997/1/1_The_Diamond_Necklace_Affair.html
This website gives a breif summary of Marie Antoinette and the events that led to the Diamond Necklace Affair. It shows us she was basically a party animal by having late night rendez-vous, gambling, masked balls, frivolous and costly lifestyle etc... and also the reasons to her lifestyle. Then it explains the two other people who were invovled in this scandal as well. It describes the necklace, the rendez-vous and what actually happened, the trial and uproar in the soceity, and how this affected the soceity and how it sparked and affected along with the French Revolution. It also explains how the Queen got beheaded because of her lifestyle and this scandal.

Index Card #1

http://www.marie-antoinette.org/Articles/Entries/1997/1/3_Marie_Antoinette%3A_A_Biography.html
This is an artcile from Marie Antoinette online and it is an article with a breif biography on Marie Antoinette. It has good background info such as she was bron to the Empressof Austria. She was married at the age of 15 to the King of France, the dauphin, to which she was not very pleased about and had a boredom life, and the article goes about explaning it and how she became the Queen of France at adolescence. Her husband was boring she was more vibratn and wanted to go out and experience the French nightlife, fashion, arts, dance and beauty. The article has a small heading such as Circle of Friends, Extravagent Life, Queen of France etc...and it gives a small summary which is very helpful. It explains how her peers led her to many scandals. She also started to think of herslef, started to enjoy life and beauty. She enjoyed fashion at a price, which was considered a taboo in that soceity. She spent lavishly on clothes and ornaments and was looked upon by the soceity. Everyone started being angry at her. Diamond Necklace Affair made it even worse (and this is explained in this website) and also how the trial went and it's impact. Then the website tells how it caused the Fall of Bastille and the march of women (which shows the reaction of the women--which is very essential in answering my question). The rest of article is more history of the nation and state and stuff more than her herself, which is what i need for this project, so it is not very important to my project really. The last 1/5th is about fall of monarchy and reign of terror and stuff. The last heading which is "The Queens Fate" has info on how the women reacted and what her fate was and how it had affected Europe.

Product Prospectus

1. How did the Marie Antoinette's lifestyle affect the women today?
2. It is going to be a video, probably movie showing Marie Antoinette's life.
3. It is going to be a video because it is fun and also we (me and my partner) think that it the best way portray Marie Antoinette's life and how it influenced everyone around her. It would also be easier because there is going to be a time gap and it would easier to capture it on tape than explaining it "live."
4. A finished product would be a complete movie which clearly demonstrates Marie Antoinette's life. It would start with background info on her, like what her lifestyle was like and what others thought of her. And it would also have how the reactiosn chaged or stayed the same as the years went by and how, if any, does it have an impact on women today. A finished product would have all these elments more or less. It may not be EXACT but this is what we are thinking more or less.
5.The final porduct would answer my research question because that is what the video is going to be about. It is understandable and self explanatory after reading the answer to #4.
6. A very broad breakdown for the project would be that we are both going to do our research and finish it around the end of february. Then we're going gather all of our data together and condense down waht we got and what we need for the project. Then, we are going to brainstorm on how to organize our video. Then shoot the video, edit it and cool stuff with it. Finally PRESENT IT !!
7. As of now, the next thing or the ongoing thing really is researching my topic.

Day 2

I did some more research on Marie Antionette and found a lot of good stuff and websites and book marked it on delicious.com
My actual intention was to do my Product Prospectus blog but then i realized that i needed to talk with my partner winnie about what out final product is before i decided so i could not do it. Instead, i did more research on my topic and got some good information.
Next time, i hope to do my Product Prospectus blog and finish with winnie

Day 1 -- the rest

My action enetering the day was to research about Marie Antoinette's lifestyle, but there is a bit of a problem. I cannot find anything particularly on Marie Antoinette only and i do not know much about her, so I have decided to research about Marie Antoinette on general. I did a lot of researching and found out a lot of background information on her and see what led to her partying behaivor which relates to my research question. My next actions is to keep on researching and thinking about what to do for my final product and discuss it with my partner, Winnie.

Day 1 -- 02/11/08

Today I found the topic that would like to do my project, which I am doing with Winnie, on: Marie Antoinette. I was very happy that i finally found a topic. I also have my research question (which is still under work): "How did Marie Antionette's lifestyle affect the role of woman today?" -- something around that ballpark.