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Regency Period 1811-1820

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Regency Period 1811-1820

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  1. Helpful websites:http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppdrmtis.htmlhttp://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppjalmap.htmlGoogle search, and find the Pemberley websites. These are the most useful.

  2. Regency Period1811-1820

  3. Regency Period- Overview • 1811-1820 • Bridged the gap between the slower paced Georgian Period and the Faster paced Victorian Era • Began when George IV took over the throne as a regent prince when his father, King George III, was unable to perform his royal duties

  4. Napoleonic Wars • Peninsula war • Russian Campaign • 100 Days • Battle of Waterloo • Pope Pius VII • Congress of Vienna/Verona 1814-1822 • Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia, Prussia

  5. War of 1812 • 1812-1814 • England vs. US • Original White House burned down • Francis Scott Key wrote future US national anthem • Major Battles • Battle of New Orleans

  6. Influential People during the Regency Period • Napoleon Bonaparte • King George III and IV • The Luddites (19th-century English textile artisans who protested against newly developed labor-replacing machinery from 1811 to 1817) • James Madison and James Monroe • Lewis and Clark (Journals) • Andrew Jackson

  7. Events • Peterloo Massacre • First Cholera Epidemic • Child Labor Laws – Over 9 Years Old • Napoleon Dies • Alexander I petitions for Jewish State in Palestine • Prime Minister Percival assassinated

  8. Architecture • Chiefly represented by court architect John Nash • Exotic furnishings • Preponderant trend was neoclassical • Stucco often used on building exterior, bay windows, and balconies • Furniture design influenced by Greek, Roman, Gothic, Egyptian, and Asian ornament

  9. Technological Advances • Erie Canal • First Photograph • Stethoscope • Miner’s Lamp • First Electric Light • The Battery

  10. The Arts • Ludwig Van Beethoven • Joseph Hayden • Jane Austen • Sir Walter Scott • Federal and Greek Revival Architecture • Country Dancing was very popular

  11. Mannerisms • Time of Elegance and Beauty • Formal Manners were essential • Owing money was frowned upon • Physical Effort looked down on • Having servants was a sign of wealth • Last name basis • No casual conversation

  12. Food • Eating schedule used today developed • Growth in availability and variety of foods • Techniques for food preservation improved • Spices and condiments used to display wealth • 7-8AM: Breakfast; 1-3PM: Lunch; 5PM: Dinner; 10-11PM: Supper

  13. Religion • Anglicanism prominent • There were some Catholics too • Methodist church

  14. Clothing • Common women typically wore dresses such as this • Royal Women • Common and noblemen generally wore this

  15. Black dots where the novel takes place.

  16. Women in Austen’s Time(The Ones We Do Not See)

  17. England 200 Years Ago • Because people were so poor – most people – they would run, toil, and sweat all day and night to save themselves and their children from starvation. Kind of like India is today.

  18. If you are a child and your parents die, you live on the streets • If you are a young woman and give birth out of wedlock, you would be judged a “moral imbecile” and sent to a lunatic asylum • If you tried to commit suicide to escape such a life, you would be saved, and then hanged • If you stole anything over five pounds you would be hanged – The age of criminal liability was seven

  19. If you were a maid, you could expect to work eighteen hour days, six and a half days a week, with one day off a month, and consider yourself lucky. Your duties included - but were not limited to - cooking, cleaning, washing clothes, carrying water etc.

  20. If you were not a maid, you were probably working the land: chopping wood, feeding the animals, milking the cows, planting, gathering hay • Your reward for performing your duties - as stated in the Bible - is to go to heaven • The rich therefore had a moral obligation to keep the poor in their place

  21. Or • You could become a prostitute • Estimates reckon 70,000 out of the 475,000 women in London in 1801 “chose” this option

  22. Only 30% of women married • The sense of sexual sin ran high: the fear of pregnancy was great – estimates claim around half the nation’s women remained virgins their whole life

  23. The average age of puberty in 1801 was 15 for girls and 17 for boys. In the 1960s, records show girls hitting puberty at11, boys at 14. Present day statistics are 9 years 10 months for girls, 11-12 for boys. Studies show that the age for puberty is continuing to drop (npr.org). • Marriage typically occurred between the ages of 25 to 28 • The median age for marriage in the 1950s was 23 for men and 20 for women. In 2004, it rose to 27 for men and 26 for women. • Jane Austen put on her cap when she was 30. That is, she announced by her mode of dress as being out of the marriage market

  24. Between 1650 and 1850 there were 250 divorces • The fact that there was such rampant prostitution suggests that your husband was probably not virginal on your marriage night • Chances were high he was diseased • Good news: NPR reports that divorce rates are actually dropping. The feminist movement affected divorce rates (evil bra-burners), but people are marrying later in life now, which has allowed more mature and lasting marriages. Woo hoo! (“The Truth About The Divorce Rate Is Surprisingly Optimistic” npr.org)

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