Random Bits of FascinationPosted on by Maria Grace
Each year it seems we complain that the holiday season begins earlier and earlier with some shops bringing out holiday goods even in the last months of summer. The holiday calendar during the Regency era was a little more clearly defined, with a very predictable set of dates and events for celebration. Holiday celebrations and traditions extended from a week before Advent all the way through to Twelfth Night in January. During the entire season …Continue reading →
Random Bits of FascinationPosted on by Maria Grace
Though today’s video depicts 18th century methods, little changed about making plum pudding during the Regency Era. 18th Century Cooking with Jas Townsend and Son: Plum Pudding Read more about plum pudding here. Read about the Bennet family’s Stir it Up Sunday here. Read more about syllabub and other holiday foods here. If you enjoyed this post you might also enjoy:
Random Bits of FascinationPosted on by Maria Grace
by Julie Buck As we look at schools in Jane Austen’s time, and the role of needlework within that schooling, I think it’s important that you understand two things. First of all, you need to know what a sampler is. And secondly, you need to see how girls’ schooling developed from earlier centuries to arrive at what Jane Austen found when she was sent off to boarding school. A sampler is an example or sample …Continue reading →
Random Bits of FascinationPosted on by Maria Grace
Regency Life Major Topics (scroll down for full index) Amusements Children Christmas Colorful language Food and drink Gentlemen Housekeeping Ladies Medicine Transportation Full Regency Life Index Accomplishments Addiction Amusements Annulment Army Babies Bachelors Balls Barouche Barrister Bathing Beauty Betrothal Books Boxing Day Breech of promise Budget Calling cards Caroling Carriage Chaise Chaperones Charity Children Chocolate Christmas dinner Christmas eve Christmas Traditions Christmas Day Cleaning Clergy Clergyman’s duties Clothing and accessories Coach Coffee Colorful …Continue reading →
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