Georgian
Period of British history that roughly equates with the time spent on the throne of the ruling dynasty of the Electorate of Hanover (1692- 1837), who reigned in Great Britain (1714-1901). Though... read more |
Roy Porter looks into medicine in Georgian England where sufferers from the 'Glimmering of the Gizzard' the 'Quavering of the Kidneys' and the 'Wambling Trot' could chose their cures from a cornucopia of remedies and nostrums doled out by an army of practitioners amongst whom flourished the quacks. |
Pitt the Elder resigned on October 5th, 1761, at the age of 52. Published in History Today, Volume: 61 Issue: 10, 2011
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‘Have the authors of a two-penny weekly journal, a right to make a national inquiry'? 18th-century governments thought not and neither did the newspapers’ readers of the time. |
In the late 18th century the merchants, manufacturers and traders of Liverpool founded one of the first chambers of commerce in Britain with the aim of promoting the local economy. Bob Bennett looks at early parallels with the Coalition government’s plans for local partnerships. |
A series of violent attacks by pale shrouded figures on lone pedestrians, especially women, was widely reported in the early 19th century. Jacob Middleton uncovers the sham ghosts of Georgian London. Published in History Today, Volume: 61 Issue: 2
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Nicholas Dixon asks whether there was a radical transition between the two eras. Published in History Review, Issue: 68
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Amanda Vickery’s new series on the 18th-century home is part of an enlightened new strategy from the BBC, writes Paul Lay. Published in History Today, Volume: 60 Issue: 11
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Lucy Worsley reveals the strange stories of the cast of characters on the King’s Grand Staircase at Kensington Palace, painted by William Kent for George I in the 1720s. Published in Volume: 60 Issue: 4
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A mysterious child from northern Germany, portrayed by William Kent on the King’s Grand Staircase, became one of the sensations of the Georgian age, as Roger Moorhouse explains. |
Recent research by medical scientists and historians suggests that George III had manic depression rather than porphyria. Scholars will need to take a fresh look at his reign, writes Timothy Peters. |
R. E. Foster examines the career of Pitt the Younger. |
Byron’s love affair with bare-knuckle boxing was shared by many of his fellow Romantics, who celebrated this most brutal of sports in verse. John Strachan examines an unlikely match. Published in History Today, Volume: 59 Issue: 1
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Alison Barnes sets the record straight on who was really responsible for introducing this popular custom to Britain. Published in History Today, Volume: 56 Issue: 12
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To coincide with a major new exhibition at Tate Britain on the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, Stella Tillyard asks what fame meant to individuals and the wider public of Georgian England, and considers how much this has in common with today’s celebrity culture. Published in History Today, Volume: 55 Issue: 6
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John Strachan looks at women and advertising in late Georgian England. |
Jeremy Black takes a fresh look at the complex and controversial career of the First Earl of Chatham, the 'great outsider' of Hanoverian Britain. |
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