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146. Queen Victoria: The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets (Ep 3)

2024/5/6
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Anita Arnon和William Durinpour讨论了维多利亚女王的统治，特别是1851年万国博览会和1857年印度兵变这两个关键事件。他们分析了万国博览会对提升英国国际地位和增强民族自豪感的作用，以及阿尔伯特王子在其中的关键作用。同时，他们也深入探讨了印度兵变的残酷性和复杂性，以及维多利亚女王对这一事件的反应。他们指出，兵变不仅暴露了帝国主义的黑暗面，也促使维多利亚女王重新审视帝国统治的方式，并最终颁布了1858年的宣言，承诺宽容和平等。 两位主持人还详细描述了阿尔伯特王子去世后维多利亚女王的悲痛和长期隐居，以及由此引发的共和主义运动的兴起。他们分析了女王的悲伤对国家稳定和王室声望的影响，以及她最终如何克服悲伤，重新出现在公众面前。

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The Great Exhibition of 1851 was a massive display in London's Hyde Park, showcasing the best of the Industrial Revolution and the British Empire's global reach, featuring exhibits from various parts of the world.

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Across 1851, over 6,000,000 people went to London to see the Great Exhibition. Designed to showcase the very best of what Britain and the empire could offer the world, the event was an incontrovertible success which cemented Britain’s status as the nation at the centre of the world economy. But, with the events of 1857 in India and the extreme levels of violence that came with it, followed by the death of Albert in 1861, Victoria’s rule was not plain-sailing even at this point. Listen as William and Anita discuss Victoria and her interactions with the empire on which the sun never sets.

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