Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Having Faith and Keeping Faith in the Idylls of the King
Professor of English and Art History provides a summary of Tennyson's work and comments on its major themes and characters.
British Library
British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1800s Food
View a series of extracts from ninetheen-century cookbooks written in English and learn what people in England ate during this century of change. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the Victorian period,...
Other
Eras of Elegance: The Victorian Era (1837 1901)
Gives an overview of the Victorian era, and information on what distinguishes it from other periods in history. Covers religion and spirituality, advances in science and technology, the arts, fashion, food, sports, and leisure pastimes....
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas Carlyle on Sir Walter Scott
This site from Fordham University provides Thomas Carlyle's (1795-1881 CE) comments on Walter Scott (1771-1832 CE). This site includes biographical information.
University of California
Ucla: Manas: British India
An overview of the British presence in India, 1600-1947, from university professor Vinay Lal. Includes links to related topics, such as the British East India Company, and to biographical details of many key figures from this period in...
Nagoya University (Japan)
Nagoya University: Appreciations and Criticisms of Works of Charles Dickens
G.K. Chesterton offers this look at Dickens' importance and his role in the post-Victorian Age. Each chapter is a separate link.
BBC
Bbc: History Trail: Victorian Britain: Britain as Workshop of the World
Articles about the evolution of new classes of workers in Britain leads into information about the 1841 census, as well as an activity and quiz.
BBC
Bbc: History: Victoria as a Girl: The Patient Rebel
This article about Victoria's childhood provides some insight into how it prepared her to rule. The author uses references from Victoria's journals, among other sources, to support her views. Archived.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Flappers
The liberation of women as expressed by the flappers of the 1920s was in stark contrast to the actions of women in the Victorian Age. Read about how flappers expressed their freedom in fashion, employment, and leisure activities.
Project Britain
Project Britain: History of Britain: Timeline and Facts
This colorful, easy-to-read timeline takes a visitor from prehistoric Britain, through the various invasions, the Middle Ages, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, Victorian periods, and finally through Modern Britain. It is easy to read, with...
Project Britain
Project Britain: History of Britain: Timeline and Facts
This colorful, easy-to-read timeline takes a visitor from prehistoric Britain, through the various invasions, the Middle Ages, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, Victorian periods, and finally through Modern Britain. It is asy to read, with...
Britain Express
Britain Express: Queen Victoria and Victorian England the Young Queen
This describes Victoria's achievements in the early years of her reign. It discusses reforms, the first "World's Fair", the Crimean War, and the Indian Mutiny.
Other
Victorian Context: The Rise of England's Middle Class
This site from Victorian Context is an article that talks about the politics of reform in England. It gives information about how these politics effected the influence on the Victorian Literature. It is an informative article that goes...
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Study: India
An extensive site from the Library of Congress that covers all kinds of topics about India. Includes a very detailed history of British India under "Company Rule, 1757-1857," "The British Raj, 1858-1947," and "Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-59."...
Other
Pro Spiritualism History of Arthur Conan Doyle's Beliefs
This site, provided by First Spiritual Temple, gives a good look into the spiritual beliefs (mediumship and the channeling of souls) of the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: The Death of Queen Victoria, 1901
Overview of events surrounding the death of Queen Victoria.
Victorian Web
Brown University: Victorian Web: Religion: Agnosticism
Information about the origins of the terms agnostic and agnosticism.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920's
This site provides text from a lecture that looks at European culture after WWI. Looks at the literary and artistic developments during and as a result of the war. With links to several biographical websites on authors and philosophers...
Other
Poetry.net: "The Chronicle of the Drum" by Thackeray
The complete text of William Makepeace Thackeray's poem "The Chronicle of the Drum", a narrative of French military history. This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Victorian Values in a New Age
See the tension between Victorian morality and new ideas as America became urbanized. Read about the Comstock Law, and find out about the first woman to run for president,
BBC
Bbc History: History Trails: Victorian Britain: Britain as Workshop of the World
Articles about the era of industrialization, new products and new transportation are coupled with cartoons and an explanation on how to use this primary source. An activity and quiz are also available from the sidebar.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Romanticism
What inspired the iconic poetry of the Romantic period, and how did the Romantic poets portray landscape, class, radicalism, and the sublime? Find out from this collection of articles.
PBS
Pbs: Queen Victoria's Empire
The companion website to a documentary on Queen Victoria and the British Empire.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The New Woman
This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Woman ideal.