The Ludicrous Dandies

ByCaroline Warfield December 13, 2023December 9, 2023

It appears certain fashion trends were cause for much derision—high shirt points, choking cravats, baggy pants… Have people changed or just trends?

Dandies in Rotten Row, print, attributed to William Heath 1819

Crime & Punishment | Regency Era

Regency Dueling Protocol by Donna Hatch
BySuziLove June 8, 2012September 10, 2016

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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Regency Era | Regency Personalities

Regency Promenade- Henry Paget From Scandal to Hero by Nancy Mayer
BySuziLove April 5, 2012February 12, 2018

Nancy Mayer looks at the life of Henry Paget in today’s Regency Promenade. From Scandal to Hero. Lord Paget, Earl of Uxbridge, Marquess of Anglesey. When Henry was born, his father had the surname of Bayly. He was Lord Paget.

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Regency Era | Science & Pseudoscience

Fashionable Medicine by Regina Scott
ByKathryn Kane May 27, 2014May 14, 2016

Regina Scott, whose latest print book is The Husband Campaign, shares with us some fads in medicine which held sway during the Regency. As she points out, the more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. Regina’s article makes an interesting follow-up to Angelyn Schmid’s article on Sir Henry Halford, a fashionable…

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Regency Era

Happy Michaelmas Day!
ByMaureen Mackey September 20, 2023March 5, 2024

Michaelmas Day, celebrated next day on September 29, is a day rich in religious and secular traditions in British culture. It’s also called the Feast of Michael and All Angels, including the angels Gabriel and Raphael.

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Georgian Era | Interior Decor | Regency Era

Lighting the House in the Regency by Regina Jeffers
ByBarbara Monajem March 23, 2015March 4, 2017

Regina Jeffers is the author of a number of Regency romances and Austen-inspired novels. She was moved to write this article due to a power outage. There’s nothing like doing without electricity to give one a feel for what light–or the lack of it–was like in the Regency era. ~ * ~ Today, I have…

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Regency Personalities

The Relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Mr. Rochester
ByThe Beau Monde October 22, 2012February 15, 2016

A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: The Hero of Trafalgar also has a relationship of sorts to Jane Eyre, Heathcliffe and Kathy, and Agnes Grey. Yes, those characters inhabit novels which were written by three talented sisters decades after the death of Admiral Nelson in October of 1805. He did not know the sisters, in…

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