Victorian
The Victorian era takes its name from Queen Victoria, who ruled between 1837-1901. There were nine British prime ministers during the Victorian era. The Victorians are popularised by famed author Charles Dickens; the technological and social change caused by the industrial revolution; serial killer Jack the Ripper; and the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Find out everything you need to know about the Victorians here…
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Why revolution engulfed 19th-century Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Christopher Clark“The 1848 revolutions were a dissonant orchestra of ambitions and intentions”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Inside debtors’ prisons: what life was like for people jailed in Georgian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Mindbending experiments: how drugs shaped modern science. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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‘Black Douglas’: a not so dastardly bushranger?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Can you guess the meaning of Victorian slang?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Marriage, Middlemarch & male pseudonyms: George Eliot’s unconventional life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Lady killers: what 5 murder cases can reveal about the lives of women in the 19th and 20th centuries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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My history heroMonica Ali chooses Richard Burton. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Madame Restell: the abortionist who shocked and fascinated 19th-century New York. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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QuizHow much do you know about the Crimean War?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Adventure, betrayal & beetles: the quest for the source of the Nile. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Nell Darby's historical cold casesThe strange case of 'Mr Francis'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Pirate flags & wedding gowns: a patchwork of a Victorian life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Oscar Wilde on trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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OpinionProfessor Andrew Lambert on the Crimean War's legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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The major innovations of the Crimean War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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How did the Crimean War end?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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8 battles that shaped the Crimean War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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Historical cold casesMurder in the year of the Ripper. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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A brief history of the temperance movement in Britain and Ireland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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The death of Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
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