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19th Century Britain: Queen Victoria's Influence

Britain in the 19th century saw significant changes and growth under the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. As both Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, Victoria brought new ideals of family life, morality, and law-abiding citizenship to Britain. She believed the private conduct of the monarch should match their public duties. A key event was the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, the first international expo that highlighted Britain's growing global empire by showcasing objects from colonies like India and Australia. British society embraced a new model of the "gentleman" during this period.

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19th Century Britain: Queen Victoria's Influence

Britain in the 19th century saw significant changes and growth under the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. As both Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, Victoria brought new ideals of family life, morality, and law-abiding citizenship to Britain. She believed the private conduct of the monarch should match their public duties. A key event was the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, the first international expo that highlighted Britain's growing global empire by showcasing objects from colonies like India and Australia. British society embraced a new model of the "gentleman" during this period.

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19th century Britain

Jerome Hamilton Buckley Any cultural period suffers distortion from a


generalised indictment however speciously formulated. = no matter how we
look at the info, we cannot reach for the truth.
Historical documented event + invented elements = sight of memory
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
- She also was empress of India (1876).
- She didnt have that much of a political power.
- However, she brought some new ideas in Britain: family life, arts,
obedience to the law, honesty, public and private respectability, Christian
morality => model of inspiration.
- Private body + Body politic; there should be no difference in behaviour
between the two of them.
- The first monarch to be photographed.
The Great Exibition (1851) the first international exibition in the world with
what was produced in London (the majority of the objects were taken from
conquered countries: Afghanistan, India, Hong-Kong, New Zealand, Australia,
Canada, Nigeria, Egypt, South-Africa).
The model in society -> the gentleman (starting from the 18th century).

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