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BBC television documentaries about history during the 16th and 17th centuries (24 P) BBC television documentaries about history during the 18th and 19th centuries (36 P) BBC television documentaries about history during the 20th Century (1 C, 70 P)
The Haunted History of Halloween; Heavy Metal; Heroes Under Fire; Hidden Cities; Hidden House History; High Hitler; High Points in History; Hillbilly: The Real Story; History Alive; History Films; History in Color; History Now; History of Angels [19] A History of Britain; A History of God [20] History of the Joke; The History of Sex; History ...
Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500–1914, Abrams, 1996. ISBN 0-8109-6317-5; Baumgarten, Linda: What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America, Yale University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-300-09580-5; Black, J. Anderson and Madge Garland: A History of Fashion, Morrow, 1975. ISBN 0-688-02893-4
Working-class people in 18th century England and America often wore the same garments as fashionable people—shirts, waistcoats, coats and breeches for men, and shifts, petticoats, and dresses or jackets for women—but they owned fewer clothes and what they did own was made of cheaper and sturdier fabrics.
History Channel: Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls: BBC Four: Three-part series (May 2012) Food in England: The Lost World of Dorothy Hartley: BBC Four: 6 November 2012 2013: Secret Knowledge, Episode 3: BBC Four: Bolsover Castle (27 March 2013) [41] Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History: BBC Two: Part ...
In the mid-18th century Britons had one overriding personal concern, their health, with good reason, average life expectancy was 36 years. People generally treated themselves based on little more than superstition, magic and hearsay. There were trained doctors but without an accurate way to diagnose or cure illness your chances were limited.
Pages in category "BBC television documentaries about history during the 18th and 19th centuries" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A close-bodied gown, English nightgown, or robe à l'anglaise was a women's fashion of the 18th century. Like the earlier mantua , from which it evolved, [ 1 ] the back of the gown featured pleats from the shoulder, stitched down to mould the gown closely to the body until the fullness was released into the skirt.