the phrase "let them eat cake" originated in the country marie aintoinette.
the phrase "let them eat cake" originated in the country marie aintoinette.
what country did the phrase "let them eat cake" originate?
marie aintoinette
a second point is that there were no actual famines during the reign of king louis xvi and only two incidents of serious bread shortages, which occurred, first, in april–may 1775, a few weeks before the king's coronation (11 june 1775), and again in 1788, the year before the french revolution. the 1775 shortages led to a series of riots, known as the flour war, "la guerre des farines", a name given at the time of their occurrence, that took place in the northern, eastern and western parts of france. letters from marie antoinette to her family in austria at this time reveal an attitude totally different to the "let them eat cake" mentality.
let them eat cake
let them eat cake (disambiguation)









































"let them eat cake" is a translation of the french ""qu'ils mangent de la brioche"", typically (though probably erroneously) attributed to marie antoinette.









































let them eat cake may also refer to:









































bullet::::- "let 'em eat cake", a broadway musical that opened in 1933









































bullet::::- "let them eat cake" (tv series), a 1999 bbc comedy tv series









































bullet::::- "let them eat cake" (album), a 2000 motorpsycho album









































bullet::::- "let 'em eat cake", a 2014 alexz johnson album









































bullet::::- "let them eat cake", a 1993 episode of "rugrats"
let them eat cake (disambiguation)