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Regency Reader Questions: Keys, Servants, and Late Nights

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Michelle Regency Reader Question Hello, If a woman has been out to a ball and comes in at night (in London), how does she get Continue →

Regency Household: Laws Concerning Masters and Servants

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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

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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 →