Victorian England

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Victorian England

• 1837-1901

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Background

• The Victorian Age took place during the reign of
  Queen Victoria from 1837-1901
• Began at the end of the Industrial Revolution
• Although some view the period as old fashioned
  and prudish, England experienced great social
  and cultural change
• Sometimes referred to as the Second English
  Renaissance

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Social Changes

• Growing middle class, growing wealthy commercial
  class
• Democracy, feminism, socialism, and the formation
  of union among workers occurred during this time
  period
• Darwins Voyage of the Beagle, which led to the
  theory of evolution
• Freud, Marx, and Darwin all important figures
  during the era
• The Industrial Revolution(that occurred right
  before the Victorian Age) increased factory
  manufacturing and led to urbanization

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cultural Changes

• Women wore corsets, men wore stove-pipe pants and
  facial hair
• The Bronte sisters, Oscar Wilde, and Charles
  Dickens were all great novelists of this time
  poetry was also popular
• Combined Romantic and Neo-Classical Art and
  literature
• New art movement Pre-Raphaelites Hunt, Dante,
  Rossetti, and Millais
• Questioning of religion and Christianity

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Queen Victoria

• June 10, 1837- became Queen of England at age 18
• Married to Prince Albert of Germany on February
  10, 1840
• Had nine children
• After her husbands death in 1861, she wore black
  for the rest of her life
• Became the Empress of India in 1876 as the
  English extended their power
• 1900 ruled more than 410 million people
• January 22, 1901 died at the age of 80

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Resources

• http//www.english.uwosh.edu/roth/VictorianEngland
  .htm
• http//www.victoriaspast.com/FrontPorch/victoriane
  ra.htm