Tag: Eighteenth Century
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Down the Rabbit-Hole: Uncovering Bodily Experience through Monstrous Birth
Abby Hughe explores the eighteenth-century scandal of Mary Toft, a woman who claimed to give birth to rabbits.
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In What Ways Did the Eighteenth-Century Satirical Print Represent the Black Dandy?
Mananhil Masood explores representations of blackness in eighteenth-century English satirical prints through analysing Black dandyism .
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Dressing Up: Eighteenth Century Politeness and Fashionable Aspiration in Britain
Abby Hughes details the quest for exclusivity which shaped fashion aspirations amongst the British middle class of the eighteenth century.
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The Jewels that Killed the Queen: The French Royal Necklace Affair
Kate Taylor explores the theft of a missing necklace which caused a scandal in eighteenth-century France, fuelling public distaste towards Marie Antoinette.
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Visuality, Materiality, and Eighteenth-Century Samplers
Molly Marsella explores eighteenth-century American samplers, discussing how the visuality and materiality of these pieces has been viewed.
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A Trip Down Gin Lane: An Enquiry into British Boozing
Alcohol consumption is central to British national self-conception and military culture. Olivia Hiskett traces the contentious moral history of alcohol from the eighteenth century to the present.
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A Brief History of the Medieval Revival
As industrialisation swelled in the Western world, societies looked towards the medieval past as a means of legitimising their history. Megan Crutchley explores the forms this took in the US and UK, and the manner in which it was embedded in white elitism.
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Investigating Female Liberation Inside the Eighteenth-Century British Masquerade
Written by Boryana Ivanova. The masquerade ball carries a long and varied history, but how did the eighteenth century masquerade become imagined places of pleasure, excess and female liberation?
Retrospect Journal 