The Victorian Era - General Preaentation Flashcards
When was the Victorian era?
It sominates most of the 19th century (1830-1901)
Who was the longest reigning monarch in England?
Queen Victoria
What happened during the Victorian Age?
England changed dramatically and it’s also the period it reached its height as world imperial power. The population of London also expanded from 2 million to 6 million, becoming one of the most important town in Europe.
What are the other main changes that occurred during the Victorian Age?
1) the economy switched from ownership of land to modern urban economy
2) industrial revolution : huge impact on everyone’s life style
3) unregulated industrialisation created great disparities
4) created anxiety in the population
5) literature
What’s the link between Queen Victoria and Victorian temper?
Queen Victoria reflected the values if the Victorian age : moral responsibility and domestic propriety.
Were the values of the Victorian age really “proper”?
There was a social dissolurion and moral impropriety
How did the queen Victoria become visually synonymous with the country she ruled?
Probably because she was the first queen that lived during the age of photography.
Can we characterize the Victorian era on a singular way?
No it was too long and it changed too much that we often refer to 3 phases :
1) early (1830-1848)
2) mid (1848-1870)
3) late (1870-1901)
Also the last decade of this period is considered as an important transition between Victorian era and modernism
What are the 2 major non literary events that occurred in the early Victorian period?
1) public railways expanded a lot it changed england’s landscape
2) reform bill that redistributed voting rights to all males owning property
How is the early Victorian period a time of troubles?
The rapid induatrialization caused social troubles (rioting…) Terrible work condition for everyone (men, women and children) and the literature focused on the poor and the new urban reality.
How’s the mid Victorian period?
1) Less tumulutous era than the earlier but still much poverty
2) Time of optimism with the promise if prosperity, England is very proud of its science and technology
3) Debates on religion intensifies.
How did the church of England evolve in the mid-victorian period?
Intro 3 factions :
A low (/envangelical) church
A broad Church
A high church
What also affected religion in the mid-victorian period?
Rationalist thoughts : utilitarism, some thinkers didn’t recognize people’s spiritual needs
New discoveries that changed the way people read Bible : darwin
How’s the late period?
Second reform Bill that extended voting rights to working class citizen.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engela made the working class imagine itself controlling the industry.
What happend in the last decade of the Victorian age?
1) English industry and imperialism were challenged.
2) Breakdown of Victorian values.
3) transitional phase between optimism and modernist movement.
