Historical Resources

[Sherlock]

For information which can help you understand the setting of the site, we have composed a list of links leading off site to various webpages and documentaries. There is also a list of suggested movies. These are not mandatory to read and only for additional research/for fun. You can also find more information at the Historian's Playground.

Websites

General Lifestyle
Regency Life (Includes information about etiquette, domestic life, daily life, transportation, weddings, and marriage, etc.)
Regency Era Information
Regency Fashion
Napoleonic Wars (It includes information about how warfare is like on here, surgery, and the navy.)

Language
Regency Speak
Regency Proverbs
London Slang
Regency Lexicon

Titles
Form of Address
Aristocratic Honorifics
Courtesy Titles

Nautical Information
(Most of this information apply to pirates as well.)
Life during the Age of Sail (Gives a lot interesting information!)
Ships and Seafarers
What the Navy Gave English (Navy Terms)
Nautical Terms
Parts of a Ship and more Nautical Terms
Rigging of a Ship
Age of Sail Tactics
Seamanship and Gunnery

Documentaries

Edwardian Country House
1900s Home
Victorian Farm
Victorian Pharmacy
Edwardian Farm
Worst Jobs in History - Victorian Era
The Children who Built Victorian Britain
Regency Party
What the Victorians Did for Us (These can be found on YouTube)
Victorian Secrets

Films/TV Shows
(Though films aren't always realistic, they can give you a clear idea of the time period/setting of the site.)
Jane Austen-based Films
Oscar Wilde-based Films
Charles Dickens-based Films
Amazing Grace
Brontë-based Films
Pirates of the Caribbean
Master and Commander
Horatio Hornblower (TV Shows)
Any Victorian/Regency Films
Almost any Pirate or Age of Sail films

Have anything to add? Have anything that talks about either the Victorian era, Edwardian era, Regency era, Napoleonic Wars, Age of Sail, Age of the Piracy? You can contribute to the list! To include your informative link, PM an admin or post in the Question and Guest Centre! You can also post in the Historian's Playground too. Thanks for the contribution!

[Watson]

http://www.julianstockwin.com/Life_Aboard.htm