The Best Regency Era Resources Online
Up to date links to the best online resources for Regency and Jane Austen culture and costuming. To suggest a link, feel free to contact me at info@beatriceknight.com! Last updated October, 2023.
SOCIETIES / ORGANIZATIONS
Bay Area English Regency Society BAERS
Beau Monde – Regency authors’ chapter of RWA
Central Illinois English Country Dancers
Jane Austen Centre – Bath, UK
Jane Austen in the Netherlands
Jane Austen Society of North America JASNA
Jane Austen Social Appreciation – Australia
Regency Town House – Brighton
AUSTEN / REGENCY CULTURE
All Things Regency – this site’s research blog
Austen Only – private blog, discussion
Austen.com – texts of all Jane Austen’s novels
Austenized – Austen culture news / reviews
Austenprose – Austen and period news
Candice Hern Regency World – informative blog
Cogitations and Meditations – book reviews
Emma Adaptions – Austen’s Emma on film/TV
Dandyism – the fashion and culture of Dandies
Kellynch Hall – Elliot home in Persuasion
Jane Austen in Vermont – JASNA Janeite blog
Jane Austen Today – Austen culture news / reviews
Jane Austen’s World – comprehensive resource
Mollands – Janeites community
Monarchist – must see Monarchy blog
My Jane Austen Book Club – Maria Grazia’s great blog
NineteenTeen – 19th Century teen life
Old & Interesting – history of domestic objects
Peerage – genealogy of British peerage
Regency Blog of Lesley-Anne McLeod
Regency England – Yvonne Forsling’s big resource
Regency History – Rachel Knowle’s great blog
Regency Reader – Anne Glover’s useful blog
Regency Redingote – Kathryn Kane’s retired blog
Republic of Pemberley – Janeite community resources
Romantic Circles – scholarly Romantic era resource
Spitalfields Life – London history blog extraordinaire
Two Nerdy History Girls – great retired blog archive
Titles of Nobility – Laura Wallace’s essential guide
We Make History – US events, reenactments blog
LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
Goucher College Library – Jane Austen
REGENCY COSTUMING and COSTUMES FOR SALE
American Duchess – historical footwear
Atelier Nostalgia – Regency costuming blog
Atelier St Honore – 18th century French and Regency reproduction clothing
Augusta Auctions – historical fashion and textile sales
Austentation – Regency accessories
Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library – launching October 2023
Dandyism – the fashion and culture of Dandies
Dedicated Follower of Fashion – Regency costuming
Denver Fabrics – good taffeta and silks for costuming
Dharma Trading Co – good fabric shop for costuming
Drea Leed’s Corset Pattern Generator – enter your size
Dreamstress – sewing, history and patterns
Farthingale Hats – ready made hats
Fig Leaf Patterns – historic costume patterns
Genteel Musings – historical sewing blog
Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild – includes Regency pattern reviews
Historical Emporium – historical clothing and items shop
Historical Sewing – costume sewing resource – page for Regency ball gowns
Julia Renaissance Costumes – includes Regency section
Kannick’s Corner – historic costume patterns and books
Kitty Calash – costumer, patterns
Kyoto Costume Institute – superb resource
La Couturiere Parisienne – 1800s Fashions
Lace Study Guide – antique laces
Laughing Moon Mercantile – Regency pattern maker with Etsy store and website
Maggie’s Costume Wardrobe – blog by maker
Maggie May Clothing – ready to wear costume
Mattie Online – Regency costume shop
Meg Andrews – Antique Dress &Textiles
Modern Mantua Maker – costuming blog
Mrs Papendick’s – Regency costume shop, very slow load
Nehelenia Patterns – Patterns for Regency clothing and accessories (UK, Europe)
Past Patterns – Includes Regency era costume patterns under “Federalist”
Patterns of Time – Etsy store Regency patterns
Pemberley – notes on Regency fashions
Pinsent Tailoring – bespoke period clothing by Zach Pinsent
Pragmatic Costumer -seamstress blog
Recollections – Regency-inspired clothing off-the-rack
Reconstructing History – includes Regency clothing patterns
Regency Gentleman – Philip Elton costuming blog
Sartor Bohemia – reproduction fabrics
Sense & Sensibility – Regency patterns
Staymaker – bespoke corsetry UK
Victoriana – Gentlemen’s Regency fashions
PODCASTS
From dogs, dueling, and debauchery to battlefields and ballrooms. Delve into the cultural imprint of this fascinating period with guests who dish the dirt and butter the bacon. The Napoleonic Zone and Regency Era podcast is hosted by author Beatrice Knight, founder of the All Things Regency website. Launch date: 1 July 2023
Reclaiming Jane hosts Emily Davis-Hale & Lauren Wethers write: If you’ve ever felt like you’re not “allowed” to like Jane Austen – whether because her work is too white, too academic, or too straight – we’ve been there. And this podcast is for you. Each episode, we use a different theme to guide our reading through the Austen canon…
Hosted by Everett Rummage, The Age of Napoleon is a history podcast about the life and career of Napoleon Bonaparte as well as the general context of Europe between the early eighteenth and early nineteenth century. It is about big trends and the grand sweep of history, as well as the smaller, individual stories that bring them to life.
Tea & Strumpets. Zoë Wernick & Kelsey Lubbe discuss all the steamy (and sometimes tepid) details of the regency romance genre.
Each episode takes “a trip across the pond and into the past in search of swoon-worthy Happily Ever Afters!”
The Napoleonic Wars. Hosted by Zack White. All the angles on all the people form the period 1775-1815, this podcast offers a rich array of interviews, narratives and opinion pieces on a vast range of topics. Ideal for specialists and newcomers to the period alike.
Generals and Napoleon, presented by J.W. Viscardo, focuses on the greatest collection of military talent in history – during the age of Napoleon!
