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Regency Reader Questions: Legitimacy and Family Acceptance

By Anne | September 8, 2023 - 7:46 am |September 29, 2023 Regency Reader Questions

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Moniker/Name Mike Source of Question Research Your Question Following on from the question above, I’ve been researching a part of my family tree relating to Continue →

Sophie Jordan: The Duke Goes Down

By Anne | July 28, 2021 - 6:41 am |May 15, 2023 2-3 Flames, Book Review, New on the Shelves, Sophie Jordan

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This is a Victorian era, rather than Regency, romance between childhood enemies (or at least they really disliked each other). And even though they are Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Illegitimacy

By Anne | December 6, 2020 - 7:15 am |December 18, 2020 Regency Reader Questions, Regency Words

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Regency Reader Question Would a member of the Aristocracy refer to their own baseborn child as a bastard? Or is that too modern? Would they Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Illegitimacy in the Church Records

By Anne | October 8, 2020 - 7:21 am |November 12, 2020 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Reader Questions

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Regency Reader Question How common was it for the paternity of illegitimate children to be acknowledged in church records in this period? Source of Question Continue →