Regency Household: Laws Concerning Masters and Servants

The Cook’s Complete Guide on the Principles of Frugality, Comfort, and Elegance (1810) gives a brief overview of laws that impact the hiring, firing, punishment Continue

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