Edwardian period

Cultural  

1. A time in twentieth-century British history; the first decade of the century, when Edward VII, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, was king. The Edwardian period was known for elegance and luxury among the rich and powerful in Britain but also for moral looseness and for a general failure to prepare for some of the challenges of the twentieth century — particularly World War I, which broke out four years after the death of King Edward.

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Example Sentences

I’ll reference the complex production of the song “A Cover is Not the Book,” that involves mixing hand-drawn animation, digital and practical effects and some wildly colorful costumes plucked from the Britain’s Edwardian period.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2019

Most of them were set in the Victorian or Edwardian period, like “The Doubtful Guest.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2018

Elway Hall retains the timeless elegance of the Edwardian period.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2018

However, popular perceptions of the Edwardian period during the interwar period were dominated by The Strange Death of Liberal England, a book published by George Dangerfield in 1935.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2017

It is not until the Edwardian period of our history that we find castles used as places for the secure detention of captives.

From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)