A Quick Look at the Academe classes coming up next month.
This class is the first in what will eventually be a series on Regency Rural Life. Based on the survey done in early 2021, and later surveys, about what bits of regency agriculture related knowledge people wanted, the lives of the farmers and villagers was the area that most people had the greatest interest in –so we are starting there.
Registration closes July 11, 2026
In our Regency Promenade today, Nancy Mayer looks at the lives of The Brothers Scott. William who became Lord Stowell, and John who became Lord Eldon.
At the end of the eighteenth century, John Cary was commissioned by the Postmaster-General to survey all the principal roads in England. He did this by walking these roads, pushing a wheel connected to a counter, which kept a tally of the number of rotations and then produced an accurate mileage. Between 1787 and 1831,…
Doctors in the Regency By Alicia Rasley
The first realization about medicine in the Regency era is that it bears almost no resemblance to modern medicine.
My last doggy post for a while, I promise. OK here we go. Dogs as Pets It is my sense that despite the last post which indicated some working dogs were not treated well, given the number of times dogs show up in family portrait, the Englishman and woman with leisure, have always loved their…
Thomas Hope & the Regency style from the Victoria and Albert Museum tells of the life of Thomas Hope (1769–1831) when he was influential as a designer, design reformer and collector.
Here’s the monthly assemblage of links of interest to lovers of the Regency era — everything from prisoners’ mementos to dishonest valets.
