Last updated on July 14, 2006

Regency References

More information on the English Regency and Regency dancing

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On the EAS site

What is the English Regency?	A brief introduction to the period
Dances of the Regency Ballroom	A summary of the types of dances current in Regency England
Instances of Ill Manners	A list from a 1798 dance manual of behaviors to avoid in the ballroom and elsewhere.
On the waltz, 1818	Disapproval of the waltz, from a short storied reviewed in The Edinburgh Magazine, September 1818

Outside Links

Jane Austen in the Ballroom	"The Felicities of Rapid Motion": essay on dance references in Jane Austen's novels and other period literature. From the Jane Austen Society of North America's journal, Persuasions On-Line, Volume 21, No. 1.
A Regency Repository	Huge collection of links to many elements of Regency society.
Regency Library	Subscription service for period documents (memoirs, nonfiction, periodicals). Site includes sample fashion plates and text from La Belle Assemblee.
The Rules of Whist	How to play the popular card game.
The Rules of Quadrille	Another card game, which eventually gave its name to the Regency-era dance.
Beau Brummell	A short biography of style-setting Beau Brummell written by a contemporary a few years after his death in 1840. Originally appeared in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, June 1844.
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow	Reminiscences of a gentleman of the period. Under the section "Society in London in 1814" are descriptions of the very first quadrille danced at Almack's and the introduction of the waltz.
The Beaux of the Regency	A book by Lewis Melville published in 1908 about the fashionable gentlemen of the Regency era.
Lord Byron's The Waltz	Lord Byron's 1813 poem about the scandalous new dance.
Byronic Images	Portraits of Lord Byron and his associates; good for costume ideas
To Cut a Regency Coat	Interesting article on the construction of men's tailcoats in the early 19th century with photos and diagrams from actual garments.
Food & Drink in Regency England	Explanation and recipes for all those mysterious drinks (orgeat, ratafia, negus, etc.) Also some not-particularly-documented recipes for baked egg dishes.