Edwardian era

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era of British history historical period

The Edwardian era was a period of British history from 1901 to 1910 marked by relative peace, social elegance, and the transition from Victorian traditions to modern 20th-century culture.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Edwardian literature	3
Edwardian England	1
Edwardian and post-Edwardian literature	1
Edwardian drama	1
Edwardian era Britain	1
Edwardian era culture	1
Edwardian monarchy	1
Edwardian period	1
Edwardian society	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of British history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
capital	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
characterizedBy	expansion of the British middle class ⓘ growth of mass entertainment ⓘ height of the British Empire ⓘ high society leisure culture ⓘ increasing political reform movements ⓘ relative peace ⓘ social elegance ⓘ technological progress ⓘ transition from Victorian traditions to modern culture ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalAspect	early aviation interest ⓘ growth of musical comedy and theatre ⓘ popularity of seaside holidays ⓘ rise of the motor car ⓘ
culturalStyle	Art Nouveau influence in Britain ⓘ Edwardian architecture ⓘ surface form: Edwardian Baroque architecture Edwardian architecture ⓘ surface form: Edwardian fashion
economicCondition	relative prosperity for upper and middle classes ⓘ
endCause	death of Edward VII ⓘ onset of pre-war tensions in Europe ⓘ
endYear	1910 ⓘ
followedBy	World War I era ⓘ
follows	Victorian era ⓘ
governmentType	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
literaryContext	late Victorian and early modernist literature ⓘ
majorEvent	1902 Education Act ⓘ Liberal Government (1905–1915) ⓘ surface form: 1906 Liberal landslide election Boer War aftermath ⓘ Entente Cordiale ⓘ People's Budget of 1909 ⓘ Russo-Japanese War ⓘ constitutional crisis of 1909–1911 ⓘ development of the Dreadnought battleship ⓘ
majorMovement	New Liberalism ⓘ surface form: New Liberalism in British politics suffragette movement ⓘ
monarch	Edward VII ⓘ
namedAfter	Edward VII ⓘ
notableAuthor	Arnold Bennett ⓘ E. M. Forster ⓘ Herbert George Wells ⓘ surface form: H. G. Wells J. M. Barrie ⓘ
partOf	20th century ⓘ modern history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
precededBy	late Victorian period ⓘ
relatedWorkOfFiction	Downton Abbey ⓘ The Forsyte Saga ⓘ
socialIssue	class inequality ⓘ labor unrest ⓘ women's suffrage movement ⓘ
startYear	1901 ⓘ

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Atlantic Fleet → activeDuring → Edwardian era ⓘ

Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society → activeIn → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian period

Alphonso, Earl of Chester → associatedWith → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian monarchy

Queen Alexandra → associatedWith → Edwardian era ⓘ

Kipps → centralTheme → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian society

The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill → describesPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

Caledonian Railway → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

Clement Shorter → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

F. W. Maitland → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

George Allen & Sons → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

Horace Darwin → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

Margot Tennant → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

Raymond Asquith → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

Seven Sisters → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

subject surface form: Seven Sisters (San Francisco)

Sidney Lee → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

2nd Earl of Selborne → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

subject surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne

Williams and Norgate → era → Edwardian era ⓘ

Edward VII → eraNamedAfter → Edwardian era ⓘ

House of Teck → eraOfProminence → Edwardian era ⓘ

Victorian era → followedBy → Edwardian era ⓘ

Stockport Town Hall → hasArchitecturalPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

Edwardian railway stations → hasDesignPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

Glasgow and South Western Railway → historicalEra → Edwardian era ⓘ

Maryport and Carlisle Railway → historicalPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

New Liberalism → historicalPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

North Staffordshire Railway → historicalPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

North London Railway → historicalRegion → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian era Britain

End of the Chapter → literaryMovement → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian and post-Edwardian literature

Strife → literaryMovement → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian drama

The Man of Property → literaryMovement → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian literature

Kipps → literaryPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

Margaret Schlegel → literaryPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian literature

Otter → literaryPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

subject surface form: Otter (The Wind in the Willows)

The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling → literaryPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

subject surface form: The Elephant’s Child

The Wild Wood → literaryPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

Margaret Schlegel → livesIn → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian England

Coronation of Edward VII → marksBeginningOf → Edwardian era ⓘ

Pelham → movement → Edwardian era ⓘ

subject surface form: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

this entity surface form: Edwardian literature

Channel Fleet → notableEra → Edwardian era ⓘ

Edwardian architecture → partOf → Edwardian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edwardian era culture

Howards End → setInPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

In Chancery → settingPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

The Wings of the Dove → settingPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

The Go-Between → settingTime → Edwardian era ⓘ

The Shooting Party → settingTime → Edwardian era ⓘ

The Winslow Boy → settingTime → Edwardian era ⓘ

A Room with a View → settingTimePeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ

subject surface form: A Room with a View (1985 film)

North-West Frontier campaigns → significantPeriod → Edwardian era ⓘ