William IV of the United Kingdom
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Victorianism is the name given to the attitudes, art, and culture of the latter two-thirds of the 19th century, especially with reference to English-speaking peoples and the British Empire. Victorianists are people who study Victorianism or the Victorian era.
The word is often specifically directed at Victorian morality, puritanism, and the Victorian Social Order.
Brief history
The succession of William IV of the United Kingdom by his niece Victoria of the United Kingdom on 20 June, 1837 provides a convenient marker in the History of Britain for the rise of an industrialized society with a newly urbanized middle class, the interconnection of the globe with telegraph and railway, the expansion of trade, the establishment of the gold standard and other programs meant to make orderly and regular the path of commerce, manufacturing and economic growth. As a movement, the term is often synonymous with changes made to society directed at dealing with the effects of trade, industrialism, and urbanization, while maintaining a strongly stratified social and political order. Queen Victoria's reign ended with her death in 1901, signifying the end of the era.
