Nineteenth-century narratives that reduce complex, inspiring heroines to two-dimensional caricatures have a ripple effect in the 21st century, scholars say. "We continue to feed the fantasy of ...

We've broken down the 19th century — "the romantic era" — into 10-year pieces, examining the most significant music from each. Inevitably, priority is given to works that we still revere today.

In the 19th century, several English women wrote accounts of their world travels. While considered by some as second-rate travellers, they were just as restless as their male contemporaries.

This idea can be traced to the 19th-century German artist Carl Emil Doepler, who portrayed Germanic gods like Wotan (Odin) wearing winged helmets in his costumes for Richard Wagner's "Ring cycle ...

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In the early 19th century, Shrewsbury Flaxmill was a factory for manufacturing yarn and thread from flax plant. Up to 1,000 people worked and often lived in the mill, including children as young ...