Learn all about the different titles of the Peerage in Regency England.

Learn all about dining etiquette during the Regency era in England, including seating arrangements and protocols.

Learn about Down’s Syndrome and other genetic and chromosome abnormalities that were present in the population in Regency England.

Learn about the differences between the different clergy titles in the Regency era, such as vicars, pastors, and rectors.

Learn all about the rights of women during the Regency England er

In Pride & Prejudice, which character is the proud one? And which is prejudiced?

Learn about floriagraphy – the meaning of flowers, their language and messages they send – during the Regency and Victorian eras.

Learn about the different hot drinks during the Regency era, like tea, coffee, and chocolate.

Learn more about gothic romances in regency times and what Jane Austen knew about them.

In April 1815, a volcano erupted in Indonesia. Mount Tambora released an estimated 53–58 billion kilograms (tetragrams) of sulfur dioxide into the air, which spread across the entire northern hemisphere. Mount Tambora’s eruption is the largest known volcanic eruption in recorded history. The sheer magnitude of sulfate aerosols entering the stratosphere temporarily cooled the world in what was already proving to be a cold decade. The effects of Mount Tambora caused the following year, 1816, to become known as the “year without…