The first peer reviewed paper from this project was published in the British Journal of Social Psychology at the end of February this year (2025). This paper is open access, so you can download a pdf here. So far it has achieved an Altametric ‘attention’ score of 13, placing it in the top 25% of… Continue reading First paper published – Solidarity riots in the diffusion of collective action: Doing historical research to develop theory in social psychology
Tag: Bristol
Event: ‘Solidarity across the Severn’: Merthyr, Newport and the Bristol Riot of 1831
This talk is part of this year’s Dic Penderyn Society, Annual History Day on Saturday 31st May at the Merthyr Labour Club, 1 Court Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8DU. Solidarity across the Severn: Newport, Merthyr and the Bristol reform riot of 1831 Five months after the Merthyr rising, in October 1831, Bristol experienced the most… Continue reading Event: ‘Solidarity across the Severn’: Merthyr, Newport and the Bristol Riot of 1831
Event: We’ll have bread and reform – and down with the boroughmongers! The Bath Reform Riot of 1831
Event details Bath History Festival Weekend – Sunday 17 November – Bath Royal Literary and Science Institution, 16-18 Queen Square Bath BA1 2HN Morning Session 09:45 – 12:45 Prof. Steve Poole discusses the events in Bath on 31 October 1831, where rioters prevented the mustering of a Yeomanry cavalry unit that was being sent to… Continue reading Event: We’ll have bread and reform – and down with the boroughmongers! The Bath Reform Riot of 1831
Event: Book launch: Solidarity across the Severn
Time and location Thursday 10 Oct 2024, 19:00 – 20:00 Newport Rising Hub, 170 Commercial St, Newport NP20 1JN, UK About the event Book Launch at the Newport Rising Hub: Solidarity across the Severn: Newport, Bristol and Reform in 1831 by Roger Ball. In October 1831 as reform riots shook Bristol, the authorities urgently requested… Continue reading Event: Book launch: Solidarity across the Severn
Publication of Solidarity across the Severn
A new title from Six Points Publishing in collaboration with the Riot1831 project. In October 1831 as reform riots shook Bristol, the authorities urgently requested the help of troops stationed in South Wales. An infantry unit marched from Cardiff to Newport with the intention of boarding a steam boat to Bristol, but their way was blocked… Continue reading Publication of Solidarity across the Severn
Bristol Riot 1831 soundscapes active
We are pleased to announce that the interactive soundscapes which make up the Fight For Reform: RIOT1831! Self-Guided Walk are now active. The designers Ralph Hoyte and Phil Phelps of Satsymph describe the experience and how to activate it on your smart phone: Immerse yourself in the tumultuous history of the 1831 Reform Riots right… Continue reading Bristol Riot 1831 soundscapes active
Launch of 1831 Bristol reform riot exhibition at M Shed
Part of the funding for this project was dedicated to enhancing the exisiting display concerning the reform riots in Bristol in 1831 at the City’s premier social history museum M Shed. Over the last year we have been working closely with curator Helen McConnell-Simpson and her colleagues at M Shed to both expand and enrich… Continue reading Launch of 1831 Bristol reform riot exhibition at M Shed
The Bath riot of October 1831
This case study analyses the reform related riot in Bath of 30-31 October 1831. The study commences with an assessment of the electoral history and governance of the city in the early nineteenth century. The following section considers Bath and its environs during the reform crisis of 1830-31 with an emphasis on public protest and… Continue reading The Bath riot of October 1831
Bristol Riots Case Study: The Delivery of the New Gaol, 30 October 1831
This case study considers an important escalation in the activities of the crowd on the second day of the riots in Bristol on Sunday, 30 October 1831. It begins by framing the events in Bristol in the context of the ‘great excarceration’ of Newgate prison during the Gordon riots of 1780 in London. In the… Continue reading Bristol Riots Case Study: The Delivery of the New Gaol, 30 October 1831
Bristol Riots Case Study: The Attack on the Bishop’s Palace, Sunday 30 October 1831
This case study analyses the targeting, sacking and raising of the Bishop’s Palace by rioters in Bristol on 29 October 1831. It begins by considering the public disapproval of the Anglican Bishops for their role in the defeat of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords and their perceived accumulation of wealth. The… Continue reading Bristol Riots Case Study: The Attack on the Bishop’s Palace, Sunday 30 October 1831