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French court brides were expected to dress in a way that reflected the wealth and prestige of the monarchy

The valiant Scottish clans of the Waverley Novels, aligned against the English in the cause of the exiled Stuart kings, became a near-worldwide sensation in the early nineteenth century, and Scotts romantic nationalism stirred a deep chord of response from France to Italy to Russiawhich is to say, from Balzac to Manzoni to Pushkin

There was a fair amount of social experimentation going on at this time, says Churchwell

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