Week two – Regency culture
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In the second mini-lecture of our HistoryExtra Academy Regency short course, Dr Lizzie Rogers explores the literature, art and architecture of the Regency period…
MembershipEverything you wanted to know about Jane Austen's England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Dr Lizzie Rogers answers questions about the author and the social conventions of the world in which she lived and wrote
MembershipHow to survive a Regency marriage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Anyone who has read Jane Austen will have an idea of how much effort a high society woman in Regency Britain gave to finding a husband. Felicity Day lays out what they needed to know, how they could meet that special someone, and why getting married had its dangers...
MembershipVisiting Brighton Royal Pavilion, the Prince Regent's decadent getaway. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
The Prince of Wales wanted something bold and spectacular when he built a pleasure palace in the seaside town of Brighton, and that is exactly what he got
MembershipThe Romantics: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Daisy Hay answers listener questions on the rebellious literary movement whose members’ lives were as unconventional as their art
MembershipBecoming Jane Austen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
At first glance, Jane Austen’s life seems to have been uneventful – but those initial appearances are somewhat deceptive
GeorgianMary Shelley's Frankenstein: the birth of a gothic monster
Mary Shelley's ground-breaking novel Frankenstein was one of the first gothic explorations of artificial life, telling a terrible tale of doomed scientist Victor Frankenstein who gives life to a hulking, unnamed 'Creature'. Here, Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn considers Shelley's inspirations for her creation and shares the legacy of the much-adapted work
MembershipJane Austen’s England: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
From her relationship with royals to Regency attitudes towards female writers, Lizzie Rogers answers listener questions on the world in which Jane Austen wrote
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How much have you learned about the Regency so far? Test your knowledge of your learnings in week two with our quiz
