Victorian era
Corsets and colonies
The Victorian era refers to the period of British history during the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901.
It was marked by industrial expansion, imperial dominance, rigid social hierarchies, and a cultural emphasis on morality, propriety, and restraint.
The term often carries connotations of sexual repression, elaborate ornamentation, and strict gender roles.
The house retained its Victorian era charm.
Something described as Victorian era typically suggests formality, prudishness, or elaborate decorative style.
Era of mechanized production
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- telegraphElectrical message system
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
mechanization · mass production · Great Exhibition · Crystal Palace · photography · telephone · electric lighting · typewriter
Right to cast ballots
- abolitionismMovement to end oppression
- workhousesLabor-based relief institutions
- child labor lawsRegulations governing minor employment
- trade unionsWorker collectives for negotiations
public health · philanthropy · education reform · slum clearance · women's rights · prison reform · Salvation Army · social housing
Surname of Victorian novelist
- Brontë sistersSibling authors from Haworth
- George EliotPseudonymous Victorian novelist
- Thomas HardyVictorian novelist and poet
- TennysonVictorian English poet laureate
Browning · serialized novels · penny dreadfuls · realism · morality tales · bildungsroman · Thackeray · Oscar Wilde
Correctness of conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
- prudishnessExcessive moral strictness
- modestyAbsence of vanity
decorum · chastity · temperance · conformity · gentility · mourning customs · moral reform · fallen women
Vast colonial domain
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- British RajImperial rule over India
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
- Scramble for AfricaRapid European colonization period
dominion · protectorate · colonization · missionaries · exploration · trade routes · subjugation · annexation
Architectural return to medieval forms
- Queen AnneEnglish monarch, furniture period
- ItalianateResembling Roman or Florentine style
- mansard roofDouble-pitched building top
- bay windowOutward-curving window alcove
turret · gable · fretwork · stained glass · balustrade · cornice · facade · sash windows
Industrial Revolution
Era of mechanized production
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- railwaysFixed-track transport systems
- telegraphElectrical message system
factories · mechanization · mass production · Great Exhibition · Crystal Palace · photography · telephone · electric lighting · typewriter · sewing machine
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- abolitionismMovement to end oppression
- workhousesLabor-based relief institutions
- child labor lawsRegulations governing minor employment
trade unions · public health · philanthropy · education reform · slum clearance · women's rights · prison reform · Salvation Army · social housing
Dickens
Surname of Victorian novelist
- Brontë sistersSibling authors from Haworth
- George EliotPseudonymous Victorian novelist
- Thomas HardyVictorian novelist and poet
Tennyson · Browning · serialized novels · penny dreadfuls · realism · morality tales · bildungsroman · Thackeray · Oscar Wilde · Arthur Conan Doyle
propriety
Correctness of conduct
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
- prudishnessExcessive moral strictness
modesty · decorum · chastity · temperance · conformity · gentility · mourning customs · moral reform · fallen women · purity
British Empire
Vast colonial domain
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- British RajImperial rule over India
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
Scramble for Africa · dominion · protectorate · colonization · missionaries · exploration · trade routes · subjugation · annexation · Opium Wars
Gothic Revival
Architectural return to medieval forms
- Queen AnneEnglish monarch, furniture period
- ItalianateResembling Roman or Florentine style
- mansard roofDouble-pitched building top
bay window · turret · gable · fretwork · stained glass · balustrade · cornice · facade · sash windows · terracotta
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
- period dramaperiod costumes, costume drama, period piece, Edwardian era, corset
- British ErasTudor era, Tudor period, Elizabethan era, Georgian era, Edwardian era
- English historyNorman Conquest, Domesday Book, Magna Carta, King Alfred, Henry VIII
- Fashion ErasEdwardian era, Elizabethan era, Georgian era, Baroque, Renaissance
- Historical periodsRenaissance, Enlightenment, medieval period, Tudor period, Elizabethan
Victorian eramodern era
Current historical period
contemporary era · twenty-first century · digital age · information age · medieval period
Victorian eraSwinging Sixties
1960s cultural revolution
Roaring Twenties · counterculture · progressive · libertine · hedonistic
Victorian eraprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
egalitarian · liberal democracy · social democracy · classless society · meritocracy
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