The Regency Period marks the transition from the ancient regime of Georgian England to the modern era, covering the years after the French Revolution in 1789 to the death of King George IV in 1830.
It was a time of immense social and political upheaval. The British king was mentally ill; America had declared itself independent from its colonial master; France had beheaded their own monarch, and throughout Europe a war of ideas raged. Read the full introduction... |
