🎧 The Peterloo Massacre with Robert Poole
Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧 • 29m
The Peterloo Massacre was a critical moment in the reform movement at the start of the 19th century. Thousands of people gathered at St Peter's Fields near Manchester to protest for an expansion of the franchise. The local magistrates summoned yeomanry to dispel what they saw as a riot, but as they waded into the crowd to arrest the leaders, the protest quickly became a massacre, as the yeomanry used their sabres to force their way through the crowd. Most accounts consider the repression that followed Peterloo meant that it had no impact on the pace of reform. However, Robert Poole, a Professor of History at the University of Central Lancashire, argues that this was a key turning point in the reform movement, and its legacy was integral in forcing concessions ten years later, when the radical movement re-emerged. Producer: Peter Curry
Up Next in Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧
-
🎧 Saragarhi and Sikh Military History
Dan talks to Captain Jay Singh-Sohal about his work on Saragarhi and Sikh military history.
-
🎧 SAS: Band of Brothers
June 1944: the SAS parachute deep into occupied France, to wreak havoc and bloody mayhem. In a country crawling with the enemy, their mission is to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions to the D-Day beaches and driving the Allies back into the sea. Damien Lewis joined me on the podcast...
-
🎧 The Pioneers of Egyptology
Chris Naunton joined me on the podcast to talk about the work of the many people who contributed to our understanding of ancient Egypt.
