The Regency genre is a fictional sub genre that takes place between 1811-1820, the British Regency period. It focuses on relationships shaped by manners and social class. The term comes from the ...

The first, and most obvious answer, is one of heritage. Regency romances are popular because the Regency period was when the romance novel became popular.. “Pride and Prejudice,” a titan of ...

Regency era couples exchanged a wide range of romantic gifts while courting. “The vast majority were given by men,” says Holloway. “Women did give gifts, but the onus was not so much on them ...

As 18th and 19th-century historian Dr. Lizzie Rogers — who taught a regency course for BBC History in January 2024 — points out to PEOPLE, Bridgerton is a period drama, not a documentary.