Regency
Regency
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<b>Regency</b> may have several meanings:<ul><li> A regency may be a period of time when a <a href="Regent">Regent</a> holds power in the name of the current <a href="Monarch">Monarch</a>, or in the name of the <a href="Crown">Crown</a> itself, if the throne is vacant. Specific political eras derived from this usage (and artistic style periods named after these) include: <ul> <li>The <a href="English Regency">English Regency</a> in the <a href="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, from 1811 to 1820 <li>In <a href="France">French</a> history, the <i><a href="Régence">Régence</a></i> is the period from 1715 to 1723. </ul> </ul><ul><li>The term, or its equivalent in another language, may also be used for specific political regime <ul> <li> <a href="Regency (Indonesia)">Regentschap</a> (in Dutch) for a colonial autochtonous (usually Malay and islamic) polity (e.g. sultanate) in the (Dutch) East Indies <li> <a href="Régence">Régence</a> (in French) is applied to the de facto independent Barbary coast regime (nominally in the Ottoman empire) and susequent French protectorate over Tunisia </ul> </ul><ul><li>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. <ul> <li>For example, the <a href="Indonesian language">Indonesian</a> term <i>kabupaten</i>, for a sub-provincial political district, is usually translated into English as "<a href="Regency (Indonesia)">regency</a>" (compare above for the colonial era). </ul> </ul><ul><li><a href="Regency, Gauteng">Regency, South Africa</a> is a suburb of <a href="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>. </ul>