What did peasants think about King Louis XVI?
It’s probably fair to say that most peasants didn’t think about the King at all; they were too busy just trying to stay alive. The revolution, after all, took place mostly in the towns, and was led by the middle class. The peasants resented their noble landlords when these were oppressive, and there was a general feeling that the King wasted tax money pandering to the caprices and demands of the Austrian Woman, the Queen; but beyond that, he was too far away for peasants to bother about him.
