Queen Victoria ruled the United Kingdom from 1837 - 1901. The Victorian period was a period of great social change in England, and of an expanding empire abroad. There were lots of new discoveries ...

Valentine’s Day cards are known to be sweet, but in Victorian England, cheaply made ‘mock valentines’ with sour sentiments became all the rage. We asked an expert to speak about their impact on ...

George P. Landow, a professor of English and Art History at Brown University, has compiled what may be the most in-depth web site about Victorian England on the entire Internet. Its subsections ...

The sweets were replaced by small gifts and paper hats in the late Victorian period, and remain in this form as an essential part of a modern Christmas. Decorating the home at Christmas also ...

Set in England in the 1880s ... and how well it brings this little-known history to light.