Continuing after defeat; "radical anger" and the established church
conference contribution
posted on 2023-07-26, 13:03authored byJohn Gardner
This paper took on Thomson's notion that radical activity quietened down in the 1820s due to the rise in Methodism and an upturn in the economy. Instead this paper argued that radicals had been thoroughly defeated between 1819 and 1820 by a ruthless, but nonetheless efficient government spy system. Nevertheless radical ideas continued to be transmitted using alternative methods to the traditional ones of peaceful protest, rebellion and patronage, which had all failed, one of which was to attack the established church.
History
Name of event
The Making of the English Working Class: Fifty Years On
Location
Cambridge, UK
Event start date
2013-05-11
Event finish date
2013-05-11
Language
other
Legacy posted date
2013-05-20
Legacy Faculty/School/Department
ARCHIVED Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences (until September 2018)