Event Details

A full-day study event with Dr Alan Crosby (British Association for Local History) considering examples of ‘riot and rebellion’ from our region, exploring the events themselves and their underlying causes, and emphasising the North-Western and local dimension.

The history of North West England over the last five centuries has been punctuated by periods of unrest, insecurity, dissent and popular protest. Sometimes political in motivation, but more often with underlying or overt economic causes, these episodes highlighted structural problems in society and government, or more short-term fears of financial hardship and unemployment. Some relate to crises which threatened the stability and indeed survival of the realm itself, while others had more immediate local causes. Some are celebrated nationally or even internationally (such as Peterloo in 1819) while others are now almost forgotten.

Join us for our annual study day with Dr Alan Crosby (British Association for Local History), this time focussed on riot and rebellion. Please note this event will be for in-person attendance only and will not be recorded.

9.30 am Assemble Library Events Space (tea/coffee is not served at the beginning of the day – but will be available mid-morning).

9:55-10:00 Welcome remarks by RHC Director Dr Chris Donaldson

10:00 – 11:00 ‘The greatest domestic threat faced by any Tudor monarch’: the Pilgrimage of Grace 1536-37

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/tea & biscuits

11.30 – 12.30 To join or to stand aside? Responses to the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite Risings in Cumbria and Lancashire

12.30 – 1.30Lunch*(Lunch is not provided but a number of options are available on campus)

1.30 – 2.30 ‘They were the darkest times’: food riots in North West England 1780-1830

2.30 – 3.00 Coffee/tea & biscuits

3.00 – 4:00 Mill-burning and mass demonstrations: working-class agitation in the early nineteenth century

04:00pmClosing remarks and end of study day

The speaker for all presentations is Dr Alan Crosby of the British Association for Local History.