LIT 4046 Romantic Literature: Austen (Fall 22 PLNU) Dashboard
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This is the COVE Editions group for our LIT 4046 Romantic Literature (Fall 22) class. This is the place where we will build our novel maps and Austen timeline.
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Portsmouth is Fanny's birthplace in MP.
Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire in southern England. It is the most densely populated city in the United Kingdom; the most recent census recorded a population of 238, 800.
Portsmouth is mostly located on Portsea Island. It is the only English city not on the mainland of Great Britain.
Portsmouth was founded about 1180 when a merchant called Jean De Gisors founded a little town in the South-West corner of Portsea Island. Jean De Gisors was a merchant who owned a fleet of ships. He was also a landowner who owned land on Portsea Island. In the Southwest of the island was a small inlet from the sea called the Camber. It was a sheltered place for ships to land and De Gisors decided it was an ideal place to start a town.
Early in the 17th century, Portsmouth was described as a poor and beggarly town. At the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century, Portsmouth Dockyard began to expand. New docks...
Ramsgate is mentioned in MP on p78 (2nd ed.).
It is also the place where Wickham makes an unsuccessful attempt to elope with Miss Darcy in P&P. Ramsgate is a notorious place for secret engagements and elopements.
Ramsgate is in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. Ramsgate's main attraction is its coastline, and its main industries are tourism and fishing.
Ramsgate's harbour is a defining characteristic of the town. The construction of Ramsgate Harbour began in 1749 and was completed in about 1850. The Harbour has the unique distinction of being the only Royal Harbour in the United Kingdom. Because of its proximity to mainland Europe, Ramsgate was a chief embarkation point both during the Napoleonic Wars and for the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.
There are many Regency and Victorian buildings in Ramsgate.
Landmark building: the Obelisk:
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moreWestminster Palace, also where the House of Parliament is, was built in 1016 but was continually worked on and rebuilt over time. The House of Parliament was where the group of people made decisions on behalf of the British Empire. The Ablotion of the Slave trade was a result that came from the House of Parliment in 1807.
Weymouth is a seaside village on the Engllish Chanel. Historically this town was reason for the spread of the Black Death plauge and also was known for being a regular port stop during war times. The port was used for trading with other countries. George III was well known in Weymouth for, after building a residence there, going into the sea for baths and serveral status were put up of him. During the French and Napoleonic wasrs the Red Barracks military men were known to be stationed there. In Mansfield Park Weymouth was the place where Tom Bertram met Mr. Yates who was living in Weymouth and preforming in theater.
“Weymouth, Dorset.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Nov. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth,_Dorset.
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Oxford, England dates all the way back to the Saxon settlement. The University of Oxford was developed in the 12th century and was a main attraction to the city of Oxford. In English Civil War and Reformation and underwent several sieges. In Mansfied Park Oxford is where Edmund attended school when he left the estate to become a Clergy Man. Oxford is also the place where Jane Austen's father attended school to become a Clergy Man.
Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, August 30). History of Oxford. Wikipedia. Retrieved November 21, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Oxford
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Bath, Somerset, Engalnd was named after the anceint Roman bath houses. It was founded by the Romans in the 1st Century AD. The Austen's moved to Bath after they lived in Steventon and according to sources Jane was unhappy with the move to Bath. After living there for a little while Geroge Austen passed away from a forty-eight hour illness at severnty-five.
“Bath, Somerset.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Nov. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath,_Somerset.
Peterborough is mentioned in MP on p 265 and p 290 (2nd ed.).
Peterborough began as a Saxon settlement. The Saxons built a village and an abbey next to it. It had been plundered by the Danes and rebuilt a couple of times. Around 1000 AD, a wall was built around the settlement to protect it from the Danes. It was called St Peters burgh. (Burgh was the Saxon word for a fortified settlement).
During the Middle Ages, Peterborough was a small and relatively unimportant town controlled by the Abbot. The original town stood east of the abbey.
In 1116 the abbey was destroyed by fire. A new abbey was built after 1118 and the Abbot moved the town to the west of it. He laid out a new marketplace there and new streets were built around it. The streets in Peterborough ending in gate (Cowgate, Priestgate, etc) are derived from the Danish word meaning street, gata.
In Medieval Peterborough, the main industry was weaving wool.
In the early 12th century, a leper...
Brighton, England, is a coastal town located sixty miles south of London and East of Portsmouth. In 1810 it was given its official name and written into history. For two centuries before the events in Mansfield Park, Brighton experienced extreme storms that lowered the population because of how much had been destroyed. By 1750 wealthy people, including the Prince of Wales, came to bathe in the seawater because it was believed it aided in curing illnesses. The town revived itself and became a place where the upper classes built vacation homes and spent time relaxing and healing. The small fishing village grew to a population of 65,000, with thousands of tourists yearly. As Brighton financially recovered, amenities began to improve, and a newspaper, museum, and resort were built. In 1823 a pier was constructed and began to bring visitors from Northern France. In...
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