Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:27:41 +0000 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:27:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Historical Snippets of Regency England http://quikonnex.com/channel/page/tinuviel The Regency Redingote en Quikonnex Publisher 60 Contact Publisher - Kathryn Kane http://quikonnex.com/QMTP/feedcontact/tinuviel ]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:27:41 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/QMTP/feedcontact/tinuviel <i>Regency Redingote</i> Relocation http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35289 The Regency Redingote has relocated.

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I hope you will bookmark this new location and will stop by the new home of The Regency Redingote from time to time to discover still more snippets of Regency history. [COMMENT]]]> Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:07:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35289 Mutant Regency Squirrels! http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35263
This past weekend, I read the fourth or fifth Regency novel in the last few years in which a scratching or rustling noise intrudes upon a clandestine meeting or stealthy activity in which the hero and heroine are engaged. The sounds come from the ground, in the dark of night, and in each case this disturbance is ascribed to squirrels.    Impossible!

The facts about squirrels in Regency England ...

[READ MORE] [COMMENT]]]> Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:11:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35263 The Rolling of the Cheese in Regency England http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35262 recent cheese rolling event which took place in Gloucestershire, England. His intent was to remind his listeners there were sporting activities abroad in the world beyond the upcoming basketball playoffs. However, his report also reminded me that this was an ancient country sport which had been enjoyed in England for several centuries, including during the years of the Regency.

A slice of cheese rolling lore ...

[READ MORE] [COMMENT]]]> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:04:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35262 Of Lodestones & Smith's Dust http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35254
Of lodestones and smith's dust ...

[READ MORE] [COMMENT]]]> Fri, 28 May 2010 07:28:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35254 Jane Austen and the "Wilderness" http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35245
"Miss Bennet, there seemed to be a prettyish kind of a little wilderness on one side of your lawn. I should be glad to take a turn in it, if you will favor me with your company."


Lady Catherine de Bourgh to Elizabeth Bennet
from Chapter LVI
of Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen

There are those who believe that Lady Catherine was yet again being condescending when she referred to the "wilderness" at one side of the lawn at Longbourn. But in actual fact, her condescension was in the use of the word "little" and the implication that the Bennet's lawn was not as grand as her own estate at Rosings.

The enclosed wilderness at Mr. Rushworth's estate of Sotherton Court is a point of discussion and the setting for some interesting interchanges between various characters in Chapters IX and X of Mansfield Park. The author of both these novels, Jane Austen, was well aware that a garden wilderness was not open country when she wrote these novels. She knew that a wilderness was a common feature of many of the larger English gardens during the Regency, just as it had been for at least a century prior to the publication of her books.

Many of these garden wildernesses were related to the evolution of the garden maze. For that reason, this article takes its place as another in my series on mazes. And now, a wilderness adventure ...

[READ MORE] [COMMENT]]]> Fri, 21 May 2010 07:21:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35245 The Gentlemanly Sport of Coursing http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35228
A bit of coursing history, with details on how it was practised in England during the years of the Regency ...

[READ MORE] [COMMENT]]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 07:14:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35228 French Scenic Papers http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35218 London Panorama and various aspects of paper-hangings. In the French scenic papers these two topics intersect. Though Robert Barker's London Panorama pre-dates by more than a decade the scenic papers produced with such style in France, they share the same antecedents. And Mr. Barker's name for his unique invention supplied the alternate adjective for these elegant paper-hangings, as they also came to be known as "panoramic" papers.

A little history about how the outside came inside the English home ...

[READ MORE] [COMMENT]]]> Fri, 07 May 2010 07:07:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35218 Royal Hanoverian Creams http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35209
The parade of the Royal Hanoverian Cream horse through history ...

[READ MORE] [COMMENT]]]> Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:30:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35209 Soap in the Regency &mdash; Bar or Barrel? http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35200
A brief history of how soap lathered its way to the Regency ...

[READ MORE] [COMMENT]]]> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:23:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35200 The Regency Side-Saddle &mdash; A Lady's Death-Trap? http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35181
A brief account of the development of the side-saddle and how it was used during the Regency ...

[READ MORE] [COMMENT]]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:16:00 +0000 http://quikonnex.com/channel/link.php?id=35181