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Queen Victoria

2024/1/29
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John Hopkins: 维多利亚女王统治时期,英国发展成为工业强国,但社会贫富差距巨大,女性权利很少。她的时代既是创新和帝国的时代,也是社会巨大差距的时代。富人繁荣昌盛,而许多臣民却生活在贫困之中。尽管有一位女性国家元首,但她的国民中的妇女几乎没有任何权利。在她的统治期间,她从一位天真的女王成长为一位被称为温莎寡妇,后来被称为欧洲祖母的君主。但宫殿大门背后,这位在男性世界中掌握如此权力的年轻女性的生活是什么样的呢?她能否因其时代的进步而受到赞扬,或者她仅仅是一个傀儡?随着现代政治摒弃帝国而支持独立,我们今天应该如何记住她呢? Tracy Borman: 维多利亚女王即位前,英国王室声誉受损,王位继承面临风险。Sir John Conroy 对维多利亚女王的早期生活有很大影响,并实施了严格的“肯辛顿体系”。“肯辛顿体系”旨在控制维多利亚公主,并确保她的安全,因为她是王位唯一的竞争者。维多利亚女王与梅尔本勋爵的关系非常密切,更像是一种父女关系,而非浪漫关系。但这段关系在政治上存在问题,因为女王干预了政府事务,违反了宪法。维多利亚女王的婚礼选择白色婚纱,是其聪明之举,既符合当时的潮流,也为日后的皇室传统奠定了基础。维多利亚女王作为母亲,比较严厉和疏远,更重视丈夫阿尔伯特亲王而非子女。维多利亚女王和阿尔伯特亲王塑造了君主制的形象,将其转变为社会道德的榜样。在维多利亚女王的婚姻中,阿尔伯特亲王是家庭的领导者,体现了19世纪婚姻的传统模式。维多利亚时代是英国历史上最自信的时期,也是帝国主义的时代,英国人相信自己是优等民族。阿尔伯特亲王去世后,维多利亚女王长时间沉浸在悲痛中,退出了公众生活,公众的耐心逐渐消磨殆尽。阿尔伯特亲王去世后,维多利亚女王摆脱了母亲和丈夫的影响,开始独立行事,并积极参与政治。维多利亚女王一生中与多位男性建立了密切关系,她喜欢男性陪伴,并乐于在这些关系中扮演顺从的角色。维多利亚女王恢复了君主制的威望,并与民众建立了联系,她的一些做法至今仍被沿用。

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Queen Victoria ascended to the throne at a young age and transformed Britain into an industrial powerhouse, though her reign also saw significant social disparity.

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Queen Victoria was Britain's longest reigning monarch until Queen Elizabeth II - her great great granddaughter. Born fifth in line to the throne, at a time when the Royal Family’s popularity was at an all time low, Victoria went on to be one of Britain’s most beloved monarchs. Today, she’s associated with an empire on which the sun never set, an overpowering love for her husband, and her crippling grief. But who was the real Victoria? What was it like for a young woman to hold so much power in a man’s world? Can she be credited with the developments of her age, or was she merely a figurehead? And how should we remember her today?

This is a Short History Of Queen Victoria.

Written by Nicole Edmunds. With thanks to Tracy Borman, historian, author of ‘Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History’, and joint curator for Historic Royal Palaces.

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