Book contents
- Conspiracy on Cato Street
- Conspiracy on Cato Street
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Timeline
- A Note on the Text
- Part One The Simple Tale
- Part Two Taking Its Measure
- Chapter 3 Interpreting the Conspiracy
- Chapter 4 What They Were Up Against
- Chapter 5 What They Believed
- Chapter 6 Fantasy, Myth, and Song
- Chapter 7 Rebellion’s Habitats
- Part Three Thistlewood: His Story
- Part Four Ordinary Britons
- Part Five The Executions
- The People Listed
- Historiographical Note
- Trial Reports
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 7 - Rebellion’s Habitats
from Part Two - Taking Its Measure
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2022
- Conspiracy on Cato Street
- Conspiracy on Cato Street
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Timeline
- A Note on the Text
- Part One The Simple Tale
- Part Two Taking Its Measure
- Chapter 3 Interpreting the Conspiracy
- Chapter 4 What They Were Up Against
- Chapter 5 What They Believed
- Chapter 6 Fantasy, Myth, and Song
- Chapter 7 Rebellion’s Habitats
- Part Three Thistlewood: His Story
- Part Four Ordinary Britons
- Part Five The Executions
- The People Listed
- Historiographical Note
- Trial Reports
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Most of the conspirators were immigrant craftsmen impoverished by post-war conditions and the loss of craft status as well as of wages. London living was hard, but its networks, neighbourhoods, and public and private meeting places facilitated a bonding and a sharing of ideas impossible in rural England.This chapter explores the effects of the Fire on London’s central habitats, the locations of radical meeting and action, and the alleys, lodgings, and taverns that accommodated the conspirators.
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- Conspiracy on Cato StreetA Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London, pp. 137 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022