Regency Glossary by Donna Hatch – Carriages ( Part 2)
Regency Glossary by Donna Hatch ( Part 2) Carriages. People in Regency England depended upon either horseback or carriage to get around.
Regency Era
Articles about the Regency era
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Regency Glossary by Donna Hatch (Part 1)
Regency Glossary by Donna Hatch Part 1. Lots of Regency authors, especially the members of The Beau Monde Regency Romance Chapter, use glossaries to explain words no longer in common use. The Beau Monde will post some of these, bit by bit, and then combine them to make a larger glossary.
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Sir William Knighton: Prinny’s Éminence Grise?
A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: Over the years, I have read a number of biographies of George IV, as well as biographies of some of those who made up his circle. There were always brief, sometimes vague, references to one shadowy member of that circle, Sir William Knighton. But the substance of the man…
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The Origins of the Modern Look Men’s Clothing by Maggi Andersen
The Origins of the Modern Look Men’s Clothing 18th Century – 21st Century by Maggi Andersen. I don’t pretend to be an expert on fashion. I wanted to show some of the changes which have taken place over the last few hundred years to men’s clothing, as well as the styles which have remained constant.
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Regency Dueling Protocol by Donna Hatch
Regency Dueling Protocol by Donna Hatch
Regency Duelling Pistols – In England, dueling was part of a long-standing code of honor, far beyond a mere tradition. Gentlemen took their dueling very seriously; they would rather die than be dishonored.
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Beau Brummell in our Regency Promenade by Nancy Mayer
In our Regency Promenade today, Nancy Mayer looks at Beau Brummell. Beau Brummell (1778 – 1840) I do not like Beau Brummell and think he has been credited with more than he accomplished. George Brummell was born in 1778. His father is said to have been a private secretary to Lord North, who was prime Minister of England from 1770- 1782….
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Lord Byron, the Father of Computer Programming?
A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: Truth or fiction? Essentially, true. Though mathematics confounded him and he was by no stretch of the imagination a computer programmer himself, Lord Byron was the father of the very first computer programmer, his daughter, Augusta Ada Byron. Impossible? Computers are a twentieth-century invention, right? Not so.
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Assembly Room – Roundup of Regency posts by Angelyn Schmid
Assembly Room – A Roundup of Regency and other historical posts byAngelyn Schmid Foolscap and a cockscomb–it’s amazing what you’ll find in the Beau Monde archives, with thanks to The Regency Redingote: http://bit.ly/JsU1P3 Regency mail (don’t you just love Susanna’s blog stationary?) http://bit.ly/IVW883
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1812: A Turning Point in British History by Laurie Alice Eakes
1812: A Turning Point in British History by Laurie Alice Eakes For those of us immersed in the Regency time period, the year 1812 holds numerous significant incidents–incidents that set history on a course from the old world and into the new. Power changed hands in government and wars, the Industrial Revolution dug in its…
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Maria Edgeworth – Regency Promenade by Nancy Mayer
In our Regency Promenade today, Nancy Mayer looks at Maria Edgeworth, a prolific writer of adults’ and children’s literature who held advanced views on estate management, politics and education. Maria Edgeworth 1767-1849 “As a woman, my life, wholly domestic, can offer nothing of interest to the public.” Maria ***************** Maria Edgeworth was one of three children born to her father’s…
