{"id":10302,"date":"2022-02-07T16:20:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=199571"},"modified":"2022-02-07T16:35:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:35:11","slug":"georgian-britain-the-highs-and-lows-of-a-transformative-age","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/georgian-britain-the-highs-and-lows-of-a-transformative-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgian Britain: the highs and lows of a transformative age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rhiannon Davies\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 07 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The long 18th century saw Britain undergo colossal changes, from growing overseas expansion and the transformation of attitudes towards disability, to the sexualisation of popular culture. Penelope J Corfield speaks to Rhiannon Davies about this explosive era of British history.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Read more from Penelope Corfield | <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/georgian\/georgian-era-experimentation-invention-misdeeds-penelope-j-corfield-interview\/&quot;\">\u201cThe Georgian era was a time of experimentation and invention\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-199571-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/Georgians_corfield-3610505.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/Georgians_corfield-3610505.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/Georgians_corfield-3610505.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Penelope J Corfield is the author of <em>The Georgians: The Deeds and Misdeeds of 18th Century Britain<\/em> (Yale University Press, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-georgians-the-deeds-and-misdeeds-of-18th-century-britain\/9780300253573&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Georgians-Deeds-Misdeeds-Century-Britain\/dp\/0300253575?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-georgians\/penelope-j-corfield\/9780300253573&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/how-to-download-the-history-extra-podcast\/&quot;\">How to download the <em>HistoryExtra<\/em> podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.acast.com\/historyextra\/georgian-britain-the-highs-and-lows-of-a-transformative-age\/media.mp3&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__iefix&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__visible&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;standard-button__inner&quot;\">Download as MP3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rhiannon Davies Published: Monday, 07 February 2022 at 12:00 am The long 18th century saw Britain undergo colossal changes, from growing overseas expansion and the transformation of attitudes towards disability, to the sexualisation of popular culture. 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