Paullett Golden

One cannot be both gentleman and scholar. A brief look at university life during the 18th century.

This research section explores the newspapers of the 18th and early 19th century.

Writing was a popular pastime in the 18th century, not only for novels but also for journals and letters.

Would the hero attend a local school, be sent to a private school, have a tutor, or...?

How might we determine at a soiree if a lady is truly accomplished?

When herbs were the best available medicine, how did midwives treat patients?

Where might you go if you you needed a smallpox inoculation?

Before hospital births, what was a mother-to-be to do?

Would the hero be seen as effeminate if he played music? Would the heroine be seen as masculine if she played a wind instrument?