English Chocolate Houses
While chocolate seems ubiquitous today, it did not make its official debut in England until the 1650s when it became very popular in the English Royal Court.)
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Quadrille 1815
In the Dragon Keepers’ Cotillion, the dance master teaches the quadrille. Here’s what it might have looked like.
Continue reading →Did You Hear” Gossip, Scandal and Satire in Jane Austen’s World
Though etiquette writers cautioned that “scandal and gossip had no place in polite conversation,” let’s be honest, people have always been people. The latest details on persons of interest, the more scandalous the better, has always been what people talk about.
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Although dances during Jane Austen’s day did not usually begin with the minute, a few of the most formal ones still might. Check out this very formal dance that intimidated so many young women of the day!
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