Throughout this assignment I´m going to tell about the Regency Era and Victorian period, two different periods in different centuries.. I´m going to discuss the subjects women issues and social classes that were in these two periods in Great Britain. To strengthen my examples, I´m going to use two versions of the Mansfield Park series and the the novel Persuasion written by Jane Austen.
The British time periods
We can divide British time into smaller time periods, for instance Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Georgian and Victorian. Within the Georgian period from 1714 to 1837 we find an even smaller period called the regency era that lasted from 1811 to 1820.
Sometimes the king or the queen are not able to rule their kingdom due to sickness or they …show more content…
His eldest son, George, ruled the UK as prince regent. Later when his father passed away, the throne was passed over to the regent and he went from George, Prince of Wales, to George the 4th.
The Georgian period had its end in 1837, and was followed by the Victorian period. This was the period of Queen Victoria’s reign up until her death in 1901.
Jane Austen lived from 1775 to 1817 in England. That means that George the 3rd was the only one who reigned through her lifetime. All of her novels are situated during his reign.
Different classes
Back in the Victorian Britain people were divided into different social classes depending on how wealthy you were. We can divide them into 3 classes: upper, middle and lower class. Obviously the upper class was the most powerful and wealthiest class of the 3, but also the smallest of them. This class was often referred as the gentry. During Queen Victoria’s reign,
The middle class contained mostly merchants and craftsmen.
Women’s issues
In Britain under the 18th century the women didn´t have the same powers as the men like they have today. This wasn´t a problem only for the women in the UK, but also all around the world. One of their problems was not having the right to …show more content…
Most of the time the marriage was based on financial and social reasons rather than love. During the regency era, the women didn´t get much of a choosing of a husband. When Fanny finds out that Henry wants to marry her in the 99-version of Mansfield Park, she says “I will not”. Even though Henry’s family is wealthy and rich she still does not to marry him. Since this was unimaginable earlier, this was not shown in the 83-version. Fanny’s cousin, Maria, on the other hand marries Mr. Rushworth because of his
The British time periods
We can divide British time into smaller time periods, for instance Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Georgian and Victorian. Within the Georgian period from 1714 to 1837 we find an even smaller period called the regency era that lasted from 1811 to 1820.
Sometimes the king or the queen are not able to rule their kingdom due to sickness or they …show more content…
His eldest son, George, ruled the UK as prince regent. Later when his father passed away, the throne was passed over to the regent and he went from George, Prince of Wales, to George the 4th.
The Georgian period had its end in 1837, and was followed by the Victorian period. This was the period of Queen Victoria’s reign up until her death in 1901.
Jane Austen lived from 1775 to 1817 in England. That means that George the 3rd was the only one who reigned through her lifetime. All of her novels are situated during his reign.
Different classes
Back in the Victorian Britain people were divided into different social classes depending on how wealthy you were. We can divide them into 3 classes: upper, middle and lower class. Obviously the upper class was the most powerful and wealthiest class of the 3, but also the smallest of them. This class was often referred as the gentry. During Queen Victoria’s reign,
The middle class contained mostly merchants and craftsmen.
Women’s issues
In Britain under the 18th century the women didn´t have the same powers as the men like they have today. This wasn´t a problem only for the women in the UK, but also all around the world. One of their problems was not having the right to …show more content…
Most of the time the marriage was based on financial and social reasons rather than love. During the regency era, the women didn´t get much of a choosing of a husband. When Fanny finds out that Henry wants to marry her in the 99-version of Mansfield Park, she says “I will not”. Even though Henry’s family is wealthy and rich she still does not to marry him. Since this was unimaginable earlier, this was not shown in the 83-version. Fanny’s cousin, Maria, on the other hand marries Mr. Rushworth because of his