Victorian Period (1837-1901)
Victoria (1819-1901) and Albert
(1819-1861): Nine Children
The Great Exhibition (1851): The Crystal
Palace
I.
Four Major Influences
A. Industrialism &
Capitalism(laissez-faire)
B. Evangelicalism
(Earnestness)
C. Bourgeois (Middle Class)
Dominance
D. Scientific Progress
II.
Age of Transition
III.
Age of Doubt
IV.
Age of Contradictions:
Optimism/Anxiety, Doubt/Will to Believe,
Moral Earnestness/Hypocrisy