Regency Culture and Society: A Gentleman’s Etiquette for Acknowledging Superiors

These recommendations, from A System of Etiquette (1805),  are made for gentlemen to acknowledge other gentlemen of greater rank, age, or “superior knowledge” and also, Continue

Regency Culture and Society: The Etiquette of the Call

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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 Reader Questions: A Cheesy Question

  A Cheesy QuestionIn the c. 1832 publication, “Whom to Marry and How to Get Married…,” there is a description on pg 24 that implies Continue