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Regency Pastimes: Riding

By Anne | March 30, 2016 - 8:12 am |April 28, 2016 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Fashion, Regency Pastimes

The young lady’s book: a manual of elegant recreations, exercises, and pursuits (1829) has a very good primer on the genteel activity of riding. I Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Archery

By Anne | March 12, 2016 - 3:38 pm |March 26, 2016 Regency Pastimes

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Archery, once a critical skill for protection and hunting, fell out of fashion in England sometime in the 1500s to be resurrected en masse by the Continue →

Regency Pastimes: Hampton Court Maze

By Anne | February 26, 2016 - 10:34 am |March 18, 2016 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes

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Leigh’s new picture of England and Wales, 1819 Situated on the north bank of the Thames, Hampton Court was a royal palace enlarged by King Continue →

Regency Pastimes: The Game of Faro

By Anne | January 10, 2016 - 6:01 pm |February 26, 2016 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Pastimes

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Pharo, or Faro, (derived from Pharaoh) eventually would become the favorite gambling game of the American frontier (http://www.historynet.com/faro-favorite-gambling-game-of-the-frontier.htm)…but had an auspicious beginning in France as Continue →