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Bridgerton
Netflix
Regency History & Media

The Season: Regency Society & Its Modern Echoes

Bridgerton is Regency England reimagined for a modern audience. Use it to teach real Regency society, race and casting choices, and how period drama reflects the present.

Introductory

Modules

Module 1

Regency Society

Anchor scene

The season opens

In this module

  • Class and inheritance
  • The London season
  • Debt and land

Course outcomes

  • Explain the real structure of Regency society
  • Discuss race and casting in period drama
  • Analyze marriage markets historically and today
  • Read period drama as commentary on the present