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The Yonderian Golden Age is a name given by historians and sociologists to a period of exceptional societal, scientific and cultural advances that took place in Yonderre during the nineteenth century. Historians and sociologists disagree on the exact start and end dates of the period, but a widely accepted consensus is that [[Michael Falks]]'s book ''[[My Yonderre (book)|My Yonderre]]'' released in 1820 was the catalyst that started the period. End date is generally accepted as the start of the twentieth century, but are also variously given as 1890s and even up to the end of the 1900s with the beginning of the [[Great Depression]].  

The creation of a singular [[Yonderian culture]] across the previous boundaries of [[Culture in Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] and [[East Gothic culture|Gothic]] cultures is often lauded as the greatest achievement of the Yonderian Golden Age. The 1820s and 30s were a period of major societal reform in Yonderre with the introduction of reforms for the peasantry, the signing of the [[Constitution of Yonderre]] in 1833 which brought with it the [[Yonderian Parliament]], reforms to the [[Custodes Yonderre]] and a common code of law across all [[Counties of Yonderre]]. Neo-classical architecture became the dominant style of the period, leaving a distinct look to major cities like [[Collinebourg]] and [[Gabion]]. Scientific advances were made in several fields by Yonderians including physicist [[Rachet d'Everard (physicist)|Rachet d'Everard]], chemist [[Eberhard Sass]], philosopher [[Hieronymus von Kähler]] and paleontologists [[Killian Lange]] and [[Thibaut d'Avignon]]. The period also brought with it major advances in the arts such as the prime of [[Anders von Necksee]] whose idealized paintings of rural Yonderre received international acclaim and playwright [[Hieronymus d'Olbourg]] whose historical plays like ''Siegmar the Iron-Handed'' and ''Löwenschiold'' played an important part in the shaping of [[Yonderian national romanticism]].

A critical factor for the start of the period was the increase in literacy in Yonderian society and improvements in printing technology, both of which allowed the exchange of ideas at a much faster rate than previously possible. Another crucial component was the [[Grand Duke of Yonderre]] [[Falco IV Sentinelleau]], whose election and ascension to the throne in May of 1820 brought with it a milieu in which major societal reform was not only possible but probable. Urbanization, caused in no small part by industrialization and the doubling of Yonderre's population between 1760-1860, was also a leading factor in the creation of a common [[Yonderian culture]].