This talk explores what it was like to fall in love in the eighteenth century. It explores courting practices, the nature of marriage proposals, and evidence of marital affection. However, these feelings were not always reciprocated, and so it will look at those who were unsuccessful in love, and those who married reluctantly. It will also highlight relationships that fell outside of the socially prescribed ideals, including clandestine marriages, same-sex relations, and pre-marital sexual relations, and consider why the age of the Georgians has been described as enjoying the first sexual revolution.
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£5 Ticket
(free to friends of Derby Museums)
