REGENCY ERA

By Houpert Olivier & David Esteban

Society during regency era

Regency era

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.From 1795 to 1837

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• George Augustus Frederick
• 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830
• Since 5 february 1811 → Prince regent
• Since 29 january 1830 → King of Grand Britain and Ireland

George IV

The society

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Ladies

• Do stand straight and walk tall
• Don't talk like a man
• Don't be afraid to faint
• Don't be alone in the company of a gentleman
• Do wait to be introduce to someone
• Do observe the stircts rules about mourning
• Do remember your manners at a dinner party

Rules

Gentlemans

• Gentlemen should be introduced to ladies and not vice-versa
• Introduce those parties only when they are each sure to get along
• Only introduce a gentlemen to a lady when you have secured her permission
• Seniority / superior persons should be introduced to lesser ones

Clothes

Jane Austen

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• 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817
• An English novelist
• Famous for her six majors novels ( critique and comment upon the British landed gentry)
• Novels: Sense and sensibility(1811), Pride and Prejudice(1813), Mansfield park(1814), Emma(1815), Northanger abey(1818/posthumous), Lady Susan (1871/posthumous)

Jane Austen

Fashion in the regency era

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