Victorian period: definition, features and costums.
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Victorian periodDefinition, features and costums
Victorian period is known as reign of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1900).
Several changes: from politics until society.
Definition
The sun never sets on the British Empire.
Features: British Empire
Capitalist system
Industrial Revolution◦ Carbon◦ Iron◦ Steel◦ Textile
◦ Railway
Features: economy
Features: societyUpper-class
Middle-class
Lower-class
Politicians, priests and company’s owners
Doctors and lawyers
Company’s workers
Social Roles
Costums
Tea Plenty breakfast
Costums
Valentine’s Day Language of the flowers
Curiosities
Superstitions
Curiosities
Thomas Cook
Curiosities
Curiosities
Ice-cream cone
Deck chairs
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