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Victorian Britain was both the greatest power in the world and the least militarised. Its military shortcomings were starkly revealed by the disastrous Crimean and Boer Wars.
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The Victorian age was the first in which childhood was...
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AS SAFE AS THE BANK OF ENGLAND. In an age when sustained...
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New developments in the study and rearing of plants were...
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The government had begun to remedy this. In 1818 it had...
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BEER AND TEMPERANCE. Beer was by far the most popular drink...
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Victorian Britain was both the greatest power in the world...
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A FATAL ERRAND. On 29 November 1849 Kit Cloudesdale, a...
- The Dilessi Massacre and a Gothic Revival Masterpiece
The Studley Royal estate was then owned by George Robinson,...
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21 sty 2022 · The first full decade of the Victorian Era, the 1840s, saw a wave of changes that would shake the United Kingdom and the British Empire forever. From new governments at home to new territory abroad, Britain as we know it was fundamentally altered every year.
During the long reign of Queen Victoria, Britain acquired unprecedented power and wealth. It became preeminent across the globe thanks to its empire, political stability, revolutionary developments in transport and communications, and intellectual and cultural achievements.
3 dni temu · After the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act, local government, if developing unevenly, was a major part of the new machinery of government. There was a great flowering of civic administration and civic pride during the early and mid-Victorian period in Britain.
Following rebellions in 1837 and 1838, 1848 in Canada saw the establishment of responsible government in Nova Scotia and The Canadas, the first such governments in the British Empire outside the United Kingdom.
29 mar 2011 · Overview: Victorian Britain, 1837 - 1901. By Professor Eric Evans. Last updated 2011-03-29. During the Victorian era, Britain could claim to be the world's superpower, despite social inequality...
6 paź 2023 · The heart of the British Empire was the United Kingdom, the world’s largest and most industrialised economy in 1840. Lands in British possession were found around the world. Many were colonies – under direct rule from London – and others were in the hands of trading enterprises.
