Victorian History
An idiosyncratic selection of short bits about elements of Victorian history.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The Victorian Middle Class
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It is never easy to define, let alone identify the key traits, of a particular class. In the case of the Victorian middle-class it is espec...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette
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That marvelous creation of Thackeray's, George Fitz-Boodle, Esquire, Member of the Omnium Club and the third-best whist-player in Europe...
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010
The Aristocracy
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The Duke and Duchess of York at the Duchess of Devonshire's Ball In any analysis of England it is important to have some idea of the s...
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The Manly Art of Self Defence
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Heenan v. Sayers for the World Championship, April 1860. Paralleling the efforts to remove executions from the public view were the atte...
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Monday, May 24, 2010
A Certain Grim Pleasure
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One of the great events in the early years of Victoria's reign was a public hanging. While figures vary dramatically, there is no reaso...
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