Author: Darrel Pratt

nine children. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married in 1840 and, over the next eighteen years, had nine children. During a period of high infant mortality, even among the upper classes, the queen was fortunate to suffer no miscarriages or stillbirths, and all her children survived into adulthood. Which of Queen Victoria’s children died before […]

Queen Victoria was given the title “Empress of India” (or Kaisar-i-Hind) from 1 May 1876 under Royal Titles Act 1876. The act was passed with the understanding that the British imperial title should be used only in India. What was Queen Victoria’s title in 1876? Empress of IndiaThe Royal Titles Act 1876 (39 & 40 […]

The Victorians are known for their prudish and repressed behavior. But few are aware of their almost fanatical obsession with death. And no one was more fixated than the era’s namesake, Queen Victoria, ruler of England from 1837 to 1901. What did the Victorians think about death? While many didn’t fear death, they did fear […]

common heath. State flora: common heath The pink common heath became Victoria’s official floral emblem in 1958. Victoria was the first Australian state to officially recognise such an emblem. What is Victoria’s fauna emblem? The leadbeater’s possum became one of Victoria’s faunal emblems in 1971. Once feared extinct, the leadbeater’s possum lives in the great […]

The Victorian Era, spanning the duration of Queen Victoria’s rule from 1837 – 1901, is characterized by the expanding horizons of education and literacy, as well as by an increased desire of the people to question religion and politics. What are the main characteristics of Victorian era? Victorian era, in British history, the period between […]

Victoria Street in the Old Town has to be one of the most photographed locations in the city. Its gentle curve and colourful shopfronts make it a favourite spot for tourist photos, postcards and TV adverts. What is Victoria Street famous for? It’s Edinburgh’s Own Diagon Alley With its higgledy piggledy array of vibrant buildings, […]

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson typifies an anxiety shared by many prolific Victorian writers: that God will disappear as human psychology is readily researched and understood. How does the Victorian era relate to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? In Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), Robert Louis Stevenson uses Mr. […]

Abstract. The Victorian era has been described as an age of transition and change in which the traditional system of belief was not only questioned but also transgressed. At the same time, it is often considered to be emblematic of conservatism, prudery and a stability which borders on stagnation. What is the Victorian Age known […]

Thrift, responsibility and self-reliance were important aspects of Victorian middle-class culture that could be used to define a society in which success was contingent on individual perseverance and energy. Thrift, responsibility and self-reliance were important aspects of Victorian middle-class culture. Was there a middle class in the Victorian era? The middle class standard of living […]