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Specialising in the lives of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
Scientific career
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History
Paul Girault de Coursac (4 December 1916 – 16 March 2001) and Pierrette Girault de Coursac (néeRachou; 11 November 1927 – 14 March 2010) were two French historians who specialised in the lives of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
Views
Their works over nearly 30 years write that the king was never governed by his wife. His education was intellectually very complete. He had several lines which he followed throughout his reign, such as preventing civil war and anything that might trigger it. He was never governed by his ministers, and during the French Revolution he pursued a consistent policy, playing the game that had been forced on him. Marie-Antoinette's policy during this period was followed without his knowledge. The letters requesting help from foreign sovereigns and presented as from him were fakes from the queen, and his entourage and the armoire de fer was a pure invention of certain revolutionaries.
Works
Marie-Antoinette et le scandale de Guines, Gallimard (1962)
L'éducation d'un Roi, Louis XVI, Gallimard 1972, F.X. de Guibert (1995); ISBN2-86839-374-8
Découverte. Bulletin du Comité pour l'étude de Louis XVI et de son procès. Revue trimestrielle publiée de 1973 à 1985.
Louis XVII. Ouvrage collectif. Délégation à l'Action artistique de la ville de Paris (1987); ISBN2-905118-01-6
Louis XVI, du Serment du Sacre à l'Edit de Tolérance. Ouvrage collectif. Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris et l'Association Louis XVI (1988); ISBN2-7299-0066-7
