hi and welcome to another episode of
dashi notes today we'll be talking about
the Regency era all those people think
about the Regency era they think about
Jane Austen and it's true all of her
novels were set during this amazing time
period when I think of the Regency era I
think of high-waisted dresses box in the
countryside and of course mr. Darcy have
you ever wondered where did the Regency
era get its name and why is it so
special well answer those questions for
you here today on Dashie notes my name
is le dashes and this is another episode
of - e notes where we answer your
modern-day questions about classic
literature so what is the Regency era is
the time to read an English history that
lasted from 1795 to 1837 but let's take
a closer look at it today by answering
the following two questions
one why is it called the Regency era and
two what means that time period so
special one why is it called the Regency
era historians have broken up English
history into different time periods that
they often named after the monarchs that
ruled during that time for example the
Elizabeth II and era is named after
Queen Elizabeth the first the Victorian
era is named after Queen Victoria
usually these time periods have more in
common than just to rule them they also
have a distinctive style of dress social
conventions and other things that makes
that time period stand apart from the
other time series if you compare how the
people in Elizabeth II in England dress
with displays of people in Victorian
England dress there is a big difference
so was there a king during the Regency
era named King Regis no there was not in
fact the king at the beginning of the
Regency era was King George the third
now if you're from America you might
recognize him as the guy from history
class who would not let the American
colonies break away but King George had
other problems that a bunch of rebelling
America
fans he suffers from the severe mental
illness that ran in his family and you
would often have breaks with reality
now that's very sad however and the King
is also very dangerous to have someone
who's not completely mentally stable
ruling the country and while he had
battled with this for years and the main
advisors where he kept ruling however in
1810 with his favorite daughter Princess
famiglia has died he finally had a break
with reality so bad that Parliament
decided to declare him unfit to rule as
king now if the king is unfit then who
will rule the country the answer is a
region a region is someone appointed by
Parliament to rule the country if the
monarch cannot currently do it and this
might be because of several different
reasons in the case of King George it
was because of illness another example
of a king or queen comes to the throne
but they're too young to rule someone a
rule in their sense for example the
five-year-old becomes king obviously
they're not going to happen start ruling
until he comes of age and of course
another reason could be the king or
queen is out of the country for an
extended period of time perhaps leading
the Crusades
so that was active recency in 1811
Parliament appointed the King's eldest
son and next line to throne George the
fourth to act as regent for his father
during this time period he was called
the Prince Regent because he was both a
prince and a regent he ruled as Prince
Regent from 1811 to his father's death
in 1820 and after that he ruled another
10 years as King George the fourth so
the years from 1811 to 1820 is known as
a Regency when the Prince Regent ruled
on behalf of King George the third
so the Regency era was a lot longer and
span from the end of King George the
third range of King George laforce reign
and through his brother William the
fourth ring - it was brought to an end
by the beginning of another very
important era the Victorian era Queen
Victoria took the throne in 1837 and a
whole lot of things changed so to what
make the Regency era so special I think
the best way to understand the Regency
era is the contrastive
turian era that immediately followed it
the Victorian era was a time of great
and dramatic changes in English society
with the Industrial Revolution
scientific advancement social reform was
really becoming a major issue because
people were flocking in the cities
working in factories with horrible
conditions the Industrial Age was not
very pretty on the ground level however
if you look at the Regency era that's
right before society sort of took the
you know headlong dive into this pool of
change as a victorian-era you see a
thing that's so simpler very country
based not so City and just more innocent
time period but at the same time and had
a lot of things going on that set up the
major changes you are about to see the
Victorian era you have the American
Revolution that just happened and a
French Revolution in fact in Regency
England they lived under this constant
threat of war with Napoleon and they
idolized people like the Duke of
Wellington who won battles against him
it was a very interesting time socially
it was also an era where there was a lot
of poverty happening in the results a
lot of wealth the Prince Regent who was
notoriously debauched open morals and in
other areas of his life liked to spend a
lot of money which was great for arts
and architecture instead of money a lot
of money that way but at the same time
he did not earn himself many fans among
the more leagues more conservative
including Jane Austen she could stand
the guy despite the fact that the Prince
Regent was a very large fan of Jane
Austen herself actually my favorite
representation of the Prince Regent can
be seen in the 1980s version of The
Scarlet Pimpernel I love that movie if
you have not watched that movie should
go check it out it actually happens
right before the Regency era begins but
still that the Prince Regent you can go
enjoy seeing and in that movie so in
conclusion what is liberation Sierra is
a time during English history we've not
been most notable event to happen in it
which was when George before hogr Ghul
as Prince Regent for his mentally ill
fathers George the third but really
you really ask yourself what is the
Regency era I think is a lot more famous
for mr. Darcy and Jane Austen so thank
you for Jane Austen for redefining a
whole era history for us my name is
Ellie Dashwood miss has been another
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your modern-day questions about classic
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