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Regency Customs: Valentine’s

By Anne | February 14, 2017 - 8:28 am |February 24, 2017 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Events, Regency History, Regency Words

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From The New and Complete Valentine Writer for the Year of 1805

Regency Culture and Society: Botanical Emblems

By Anne | January 24, 2017 - 7:17 am |February 2, 2017 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Folklore

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Appearing in the January 1820 La Belle Assemblee, this collection of Botanical Emblems features symbols for truth, joy, and superstition. A young lady may use Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Awards Night

By Anne | July 16, 2016 - 9:13 am |August 4, 2016 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Economy, Regency Science and Invention

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Published in the July 1821 issue of Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c this list of awards provides an interesting window in to Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Scathing Letter on the Marriage of Minors

By Anne | February 10, 2016 - 11:47 am |February 26, 2016 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Men

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Based on the desperate and sometimes scathing letter to the editor that appeared in the February 1815 issue of The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Continue →