Regency
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Regency may have several meanings:
- A regency may be a period of time when a regent holds power in the name of the current monarch, or in the name of the Crown itself, if the throne is vacant. Specific political eras derived from this usage (and artistic style periods named after these) include:
- The English Regency in the United Kingdom, from 1811 to 1820
- In French history, the Régence is the period from 1715 to 1723.
- The term, or its equivalent in another language, may also be used for specific political regime
- Regentschap (in Dutch) for a colonial autochthonous (usually Malay and Islamic) polity (e.g. sultanate) in the (Dutch) East Indies
- Régence (in French) is applied to the de facto independent Barbary coast regime (nominally in the Ottoman empire) and susequent French protectorate over Tunisia
- A regency may also be a geographical area, usually a small city or a subdistrict of a province, that is or has been governed by a regent.
- For example, the Indonesian term kabupaten, for a sub-provincial political district, is usually translated into English as "regency" (compare above for the colonial era).
- In reference to the architectural style of the English Regency: see Regency architecture.
- Regency, South Africa is a suburb of Johannesburg.
- Regency can be used as shorthand for New Regency Productions, the production company behind films such as Mr. & Mrs. Smith