THE REGENCY PERIOD
1820-1837
Gertrud Kattago
Regent-a person who rules a kingdom when the king or queen is not able to rule because he or she is sick, too young, etc.
Life in Regency England
Industrial Revolution
The Great Reform Act of 1832
Slavery Abolition Act of 1833
Poverty
King George III's son as Prince Regent
William IV, George IV's brother 1830-1837
Queen Victoria 1837
Crowded slums
Gambling
Prostitution
Theft and violence
Gave many more people the right to vote
Abolished slavery in most British colonies
Arts and culture
Cultural flowering since it overlapped with Romanticism
Neoclassical style in architecture
Jane Austen and Lord Byron
Fashion
Plays of William Shakespeare
Waistlines began to drop
Influenced by gothic and romantic styles
Elaborate hats and hairstyles
became King George IV
High collars of velvet or fur
Parliament’s Regency Act of 1811
Allowed King George III's son to rule instead of him