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Regency Household: Advice on the Treatment of Servants

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I often see considerable license given to the treatment of staff and servants in historical romance. I think its often to make the mucky-mucks of Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Miscellaneous Reflections on the Conduct of Women

By Anne | February 28, 2018 - 7:55 am |March 6, 2018 Regency Culture and Society

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This collection of maxims about women in the Regency appeared in the February 1806 edition of La Belle Assemblee. I particular love the comparison between Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Valentine’s and Puzzle Purses

By Anne | February 14, 2018 - 10:35 am |February 20, 2018 Regency Culture and Society

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Puzzle purses were one way lovers could exchange “Valentines” as early as the 1700s. Constructed from paper folded in intricate origami style, each panel would Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Letter to a Young Lady with Introductory Knowledge of the World

By Anne | February 6, 2018 - 1:12 pm |February 8, 2018 Regency Culture and Society

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This letter from a more worldly sister appeared in the February 1808 issue of La Belle Assemblee, and is reminiscent of a letter from brother Continue →