How revolutionary were radical movements after 1789?

About the lecture

In this module, we think about the nature of the reform movements in Britain in the period following the start of the French Revolution. In particular, we think about popular responses to the Revolution—inspired by the writings of Richard Price, Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine—before moving on to think about the actions of the radical groups themselves.

About the lecturer

Sarah Richardson is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Warwick.

Amongst her achievements are the Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence in 2006 and National Teaching Fellow in 2010. She teaches a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules, including The Victorian City, Georgian Britain and Politics and Opinion in Hanoverian Britain.

Sarah has had numerous work published including Using Computers in History (Palgrave, 2005) and ‘Politics and Gender in the nineteenth century’ in Blackwell’s Companion to Nineteenth Century British History (Blackwell, 2004 and 2006).