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Royal Holloway University of London - Peterloo to the Pankhursts: Radicalism and Reform in the 19th Century 

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Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

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  • 16 August 2019 marked the bicentenary of the Peterloo Massacre, a key milestone in the campaign to reform Parliament in the 19th century, and an important part of Britain's democratic heritage and history.
  • On this course, you will understand this event within a wider context of radicalism and reform over the 19th century.
  • You will start the course charting the charged political climate resulting from the American and French revolutions in the 18th century and conclude the course by examining the campaign for universal men's and women's suffrage in the early years of the 20th century.

Peterloo to the Pankhursts: Radicalism and Reform in the 19th Century
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Curriculum

Revolution

Introduction

Revolutions

Terror

Industry and Agriculture

Rotten Boroughs

Peterloo

Conclusion

Reform

Introduction

Liberal Tories

The Great Reform Act

The Whigs

Chartism

Corn and the Conservatives

Conclusion

Workers

Introduction

A New View of Society

The 'New Unionism'

State Intervention

Socialism in Britain

From Litigation to Legislation

Conclusion

Voters

Introduction

Gladstone, Disraeli and the Second Reform Act

Tory Democracy and New Liberalism

Ireland: Province or Nation?

The Revolt of Women

An Ungovernable Society?

Conclusion

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