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Bristol from Below: Law, Authority and Protest in a Georgian City

Poole, Steve; Rogers, Nicholas

Authors

Stephen Poole Steve.Poole@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in History and Heritage

Nicholas Rogers



Abstract

Bristol from Below captures the substance and scale of popular politics and protest in Bristol over the course of the long eighteenth century. It charts the lives of ordinary Bristolians in the making of their city and devotes particular attention to their relationship with the mercantile elites who dominated the city's governing institutions. While not ignoring the contribution of the middling sort to the cultural and political life of the city, the book focusses upon the interaction between authority and plebeian sentiment as a way of analysing the complexities of popular interventions in politics and society. It casts new light on the social dynamics of Bristol's 'golden age' and how it is remembered in today's city. It also addresses the general themes of class, authority, custom and law that have long engaged eighteenth-century historians. Bristol From Below will have a broad appeal to scholars and students of eighteenth-century social, economic and political history as well as to urban and regional historians and to those interested in the time when Bristol was England's 'Second City'.

Book Type Authored Book
Online Publication Date Oct 1, 2017
Publication Date Oct 1, 2017
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Series Title Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History
ISBN 9781783272440
Keywords Bristol, law, authority, protest, Georgian city
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/903052
Publisher URL https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781783272440/bristol-from-below/