A Short History of the Victorian Era

An era, beginning in the 1830s and ending with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, the Victorian Era saw the British Empire—the largest the world had seen—dominate the world. British ingenuity in the fields of technological development and the heavy industry of its Industrial Revolution led to Britain being dubbed "the workshop of the world" while its Royal Navy policed the world’s oceans helping to create what has become known as a "Pax Britannica."

This "Short History of the Victorian Era" details the sweeping social and economic changes that took place during this period but also examines the events of the time and the lives of the eminent Victorians who contributed so much to British success — men and women such as Florence Nightingale, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Charles Darwin.

This "Short History of the Victorian Era" the story of the greatest period in British history, a period that still resonates in today’s Britain.

O era, incepand din anii 1830 si terminand cu moartea reginei Victoria in 1901, era victoriana a vazut Imperiul Britanic - cel mai mare pe care il vazuse lumea - dominand lumea. Ingeniozitatea britanica in domeniile dezvoltarii tehnologice si industria grea a Revolutiei sale industriale a dus la numirea Marii Britanii „atelierul lumii”, in timp ce marina sa regala a supravegheat oceanele lumii, ajutand la crearea a ceea ce a devenit cunoscut sub numele de „Pax Britannica”. Aceasta „Scurta istorie a erei victoriene” detaliaza schimbarile sociale si economice radicale care au avut loc in aceasta perioada, dar examineaza si evenimentele vremii si viata eminentilor victorieni care au contribuit atat de mult la succesul britanic - barbati si femei precum Florence Nightingale, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson si Charles Darwin.