Romanticism Flashcards
(20 cards)
1776
Americans declared their independence
1787
establishment of society for effecting the abolition of slave trade
1789
storming of the Bastille, start French Revolution
1807
British slave trade outlawed
1811-1820
the Regency - George, prince of Wales, acts has regent for George III who has been declared incurably insane
1815
end of the war and nation’s workforce was enlarged by demobilized troops
1819
Peterloo massacre
1820
accession of George IV
1830
accession of William IV
1832
passage of reform act in parliament, Reform bill
1833
long-postponed emancipation of slave population of the West-Indies, parliament finally ended slavery
the revival of the medieval genre of romance
- tales of chivalry, love and adventure
- visionary imagination rather than classical forms
- irrationality
the French revolution & the political effects in Britain
- people want liberty -> years of extreme violence, start killing the king, the nobility and then each other -> betrayal
- Napoleon
- existential threat in Britain (counter-revolution and radical thought of some people)
the industrial revolution
- mechanisation through technological inventions (invention of steam)
- dramatic social consequences (demographic shifts, emerge of working class)
enclosure
traditional agricultural culture is destroyed by the enclosure -> agricultural households migrate to city
laissez-faire
minimal government interference in economy
luddites
destroyed machines, against technology, used to be weavers but now out of jobs
bluestockings
women, belonging to the nobility, who start organizing saloons to talk about things -> self-eductaed women who claims position in society
ango-french war
dispute over colonial possessions in North-America
reform bill
- end of romanticism
- end of the so-called rotten boroughs and include industrial cities (such as Manchester) in parliamentary representation
