Category Archives: Regency Life
Financial Realities for Regency Women
We’ve been examining the money and incomes in the Regency era. So far, we’ve been talking about the gentlemen, but what about the women?
Continue reading →How Dragons change Spheres of Female Influence
When dragons conflict with social expectations, guess who wins?
Continue reading →Of Dragons and Dowries
In Dancing with Dragons Margaret Dashwood, lacking a responsible family, has a dowry provided by a kindly estate dragon. But what exactly was a dowry and how did it work?
Continue reading →White Soup–more difficult than you’d think
White soup was a favorite dish at balls. Expensive and complex to make, it quietly demonstrated the wealth and refinement of the ball’s host–assuming nothing went wrong in the process.
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