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    Reading the Regency
    Reading the Regency
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    A guide to Regency England for readers of classic literature or historical fiction set in the early 19th century.
        
        England, as it was in the early 1800's, can sometimes be as confusing to a modern reader as travelling to a foreign country. Their clothes, manners, methods of transport, money and even some words they used can be unfamiliar to us today. 
        
        I hope this book will grow into a helpful source of reference for any reader who is exploring the classic authors, like Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth, or enjoying the wide range of early 19th century set historical stories found here at Wattpad.
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    Table of contentsLast updated May 27
    • Introduction
    • Regency AMA
    • Geography and Government
    • The Social Structure of Regency England
    • Pounds, Shillings and Pence
    • The Nobility
    • Dukes
    • Marquesses
    • Earls
    • Viscounts
    • Barons
    • Peeresses
    • The House of Lords
    • The Gentry
    • The Younger sons of Peers and the Gentry
    • Gentlemen's occupations - Army or Navy Officers
    • Gentlemen's occupations - The Church and the State
    • Gentlemen's occupations - The Law and Medicine
    • Acceptable Occupations for Ladies
    • Regency Incomes
    • Entering Society
    • Accomplishments
    • Courtship - Dowries and Marriage Settlements
    • Marriages - part 1
    • Marriages - part 2
    • Marriage in Scotland
    • Unhappy Marriages
    • Newspapers & Magazines - part 1
    • Newspapers & Magazines - part 2
    • Transport - Coaches and Curricles
    • Transport - Hackney, Chair and Post Chaise
    • Transport - Stage Coaches and Mail Coaches
    • Transport - The Horse part 1
    • Transport - The Horse part 2
    • Correspondence
    • The Postal System
    • A Nation of Shopkeepers
    • Fashionable Entertainments - part 1
    • Fashionable Entertainments - part 2
    • A Glossary of Fashionable Society
    • Birthdays
    • Education - part 1
    • Education - part 2
    • Education - University
    • The Regency Way of Death
    • Funeral Rites and Burials
    • Mourning - An Introduction
    • Mourning - The Degrees of Mourning
    • Mourning - The Time of Mourning
    • Mourning - Court and Society Mourning
    • Dower, Jointure and Dowagers
    • What's in a Name?
    • Introductions and Greetings
    • Forms of Address - part 1
    • Forms of Address - part 2
    • Property - An Introduction
    • A Glossary of Property Terms - part 1
    • A Glossary of Property Terms - part 2
    • Property - House Names
    • Property - The Town House part 1
    • Property - The Town House part 2
    • Property - The Cottage
    • Property - The Country House
    • Property - The Estate
    • Fashion - An Introduction and Glossary - part 1
    • Fashion - Glossary part 2
    • Hair Styles and Head Dressing - part 1
    • Hair Styles and Head Dressing - part 2
    • "Journal of a Lady of Fashion"
    • The Twelve Days of Christmas - part 1
    • The Twelve Days of Christmas - part 2
    • Family - Children and Childhood
    • Family - Children's clothing and equipment
    • Family - Illegitimate Children
    • The London Season
    • Fashion - Types of Dress
    • Fashion - Women's Layers & Accessories

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    • Introduction
    • Regency AMA
    • Geography and Government
    • The Social Structure of Regency England
    • Pounds, Shillings and Pence
    • The Nobility
    • Dukes
    • Marquesses
    • Earls
    • Viscounts
    • Barons
    • Peeresses
    • The House of Lords
    • The Gentry
    • The Younger sons of Peers and the Gentry
    • Gentlemen's occupations - Army or Navy Officers
    • Gentlemen's occupations - The Church and the State
    • Gentlemen's occupations - The Law and Medicine
    • Acceptable Occupations for Ladies
    • Regency Incomes
    • Entering Society
    • Accomplishments
    • Courtship - Dowries and Marriage Settlements
    • Marriages - part 1
    • Marriages - part 2
    • Marriage in Scotland
    • Unhappy Marriages
    • Newspapers & Magazines - part 1
    • Newspapers & Magazines - part 2
    • Transport - Coaches and Curricles
    • Transport - Hackney, Chair and Post Chaise
    • Transport - Stage Coaches and Mail Coaches
    • Transport - The Horse part 1
    • Transport - The Horse part 2
    • Correspondence
    • The Postal System
    • A Nation of Shopkeepers
    • Fashionable Entertainments - part 1
    • Fashionable Entertainments - part 2
    • A Glossary of Fashionable Society
    • Birthdays
    • Education - part 1
    • Education - part 2
    • Education - University
    • The Regency Way of Death
    • Funeral Rites and Burials
    • Mourning - An Introduction
    • Mourning - The Degrees of Mourning
    • Mourning - The Time of Mourning
    • Mourning - Court and Society Mourning
    • Dower, Jointure and Dowagers
    • What's in a Name?
    • Introductions and Greetings
    • Forms of Address - part 1
    • Forms of Address - part 2
    • Property - An Introduction
    • A Glossary of Property Terms - part 1
    • A Glossary of Property Terms - part 2
    • Property - House Names
    • Property - The Town House part 1
    • Property - The Town House part 2
    • Property - The Cottage
    • Property - The Country House
    • Property - The Estate
    • Fashion - An Introduction and Glossary - part 1
    • Fashion - Glossary part 2
    • Hair Styles and Head Dressing - part 1
    • Hair Styles and Head Dressing - part 2
    • "Journal of a Lady of Fashion"
    • The Twelve Days of Christmas - part 1
    • The Twelve Days of Christmas - part 2
    • Family - Children and Childhood
    • Family - Children's clothing and equipment
    • Family - Illegitimate Children
    • The London Season
    • Fashion - Types of Dress
    • Fashion - Women's Layers & Accessories
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