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Regency Culture and Society: Men and Manners

By Anne | January 22, 2023 - 2:13 pm |February 10, 2023 Regency Culture and Society

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Last year, we shared a series: Regency Culture and Society: 9 Maxims for Life by a Lady . This year, we present Men and Manners, Continue →

Regency Economy: Industrialization and the Rise in Public Education (Part 1)

By Anne | April 4, 2021 - 7:21 am |April 22, 2021 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Economy

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I saw a very provocative TikTok video this week about the correlation between the rise of public education and factory work, and got SUPER excited. Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: The Etiquette of the Call

By Anne | July 20, 2019 - 6:30 am |August 14, 2019 Regency Culture and Society

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Social interactions in the Regency were typically governed by etiquette, or a standard practice of socializing. A System of Etiquette (1804) has some helpful hints Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Du Bourg’s Models

By Anne | May 30, 2019 - 6:52 am |June 21, 2019 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Hot Spots

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Engraving of Du Bourg's musuem from London Metropolitan Archives

The Picture of London for 1820 Although often dismissed as a showman, modern scholars have credits Richard Du Bourg as one of the first artists Continue →