Regency England – Page 248

Regency Health and Medicine: Sleep

By Anne | January 30, 2018 - 7:36 am |February 6, 2018 Regency Health and Medicine

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Painting of a woman asleep with book in hand

Sleep was recognized, early on, as an important part of keeping healthy. From (1828) The book of health: Historian Roger Ekirch published a paper Continue →

View of a Country Estate: Watermouth, Devon

By Anne | January 24, 2018 - 7:21 am |January 30, 2018 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Household, View of a Country Estate

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A painting of Watermouth manion in Devon

The description and painting appeared in the August 1825 edition of Ackermann’s Repository. The building is actually called Watermouth Castle, but was built in 1825 Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: The Withdrawing Rooms

By Anne | January 20, 2018 - 7:53 am |February 20, 2018 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Household, Regency Reader Questions

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Ground plans of two manor homes circa Regency

In a follow up from my post/questions about bathroom habits of Regency people, and expanding on an earlier post about cloak rooms and withdrawing Continue →

Regency Customs: A Receipt for Courtship

By Anne | January 18, 2018 - 8:15 am |January 30, 2018 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs

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This 1805 caricature of courtship gives a simple recipe for love and marriage (by Lurie & Whittle of Fleet Street): Two or three dears, and Continue →

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