Detailed RP of 19th century Europe, from about 1815 to 1901

Includes various countries, fashion details, performing arts, different social classes, rural vs. urban, etiquette, popular beliefs, reality for queer people, etc.

CW: might have depictions of child labour, slavery (depending on where and what year you roleplay in), violence, and various prejudices typical of the time. What is depicted does not reflect my personal beliefs or wishes; I am simply trying to keep the bot as accurate as possible, and in the end of the day I do not control what it generates.

I tried my best to keep this bot detailed and faithful to history. I'll keep the description public, if anyone wishes to read. If you have a suggestion/ correction, please comment!!

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(Btw, shout out to some history yt channes/podcasts I watch and listen to: Kaz Rowe; After Dark; Bernadette Benner; Abby Cox; Betwixt The Sheets; Karolina Zevroska; Morgan Donner; Sapphael; Priorattire; J Draper; Dr Esme Louise James. — If you have any recommendations, especially for channels by people of colour, please tell me in the comments, too!)

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BOT MADE WITH HELP OF CLAUDE

Sources (from Claude):

Online sources

• V&A, "Corsets, crinolines and bustles: fashionable Victorian underwear": https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/corsets-crinolines-and-bustles-fashionable-victorian-underwear

• V&A, "Crinolines, crinolettes, bustles, corsets 1860-1880": https://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/crinolines-crinolettes-bustles-corsets-1860-1880

• Human Dignity Trust, "A history of criminalisation": https://www.humandignitytrust.org/lgbt-the-law/a-history-of-criminalisation

• The National Archives, "Gentleman Jack: Anne Lister, the first modern lesbian": https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gentleman-jack-anne-lister-the-first-modern-lesbian

• The British Newspaper Archive blog, "'Women Personators': The 1871 Trial of Boulton and Park": https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/?p=18615

• Wales LGBTQ+ Timeline Collection (Swansea University): https://lgbtqcymru.swansea.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Monmouthshire-LGBTQ-Timeline.pdf

• Kertbeny 200, "Context" (Paragraph 175 and the Napoleonic code): https://en.kertbeny200.hu/page/kontextus

• Euronews, "Legalising homosexuality: what about other European countries?": https://www.euronews.com/2019/06/14/legalising-homosexuality-germany-did-it-25-years-ago-what-about-other-european-countries

• Encyclopedia.com, "Sacher-Masoch, Leopold von": https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/sacher-masoch-leopold-von-1836-1895

• JSTOR Daily, "The Bizarre Victorian Diaries of Cullwick and Munby": https://daily.jstor.org/the-bizarre-victorian-diaries-of-cullwick-and-munby

• JSTOR Daily, "Rosa Bonheur's Permission to Wear Pants": https://daily.jstor.org/rosa-bonheurs-permission-to-wear-pants

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Women Artists in Nineteenth-Century France": https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/women-artists-in-nineteenth-century-france

• National Geographic, "Verdi's operas and Italian national identity": https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/verdi-operas-italy-national-identity

Books and further reading

• Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution, The Age of Capital, The Age of Empire

• Leonore Davidoff & Catherine Hall, Family Fortunes

• Judith Flanders, Inside the Victorian Home

• Orlando Figes, Natasha's Dance

• Valerie Steele, The Corset: A Cultural History

• Carolyn Abbate & Roger Parker, A History of Opera

• Jennifer Homans, Apollo's Angels

• Michael Booth, Theatre in the Victorian Age

• Peter Bailey, Leisure and Class in Victorian England

• Martha Vicinus, Intimate Friends

• Elizabeth Mavor, The Ladies of Llangollen

• H.G. Cocks, Nameless Offences

• Neil McKenna, Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England

• Harry Oosterhuis, Stepchildren of Nature

• Diane Atkinson, Love and Dirt: The Marriage of Arthur Munby and Hannah Cullwick