@MatthewNewell@mastodon.social
2026-06-29 20:21 UTC
@kelpana@mastodon.ie @codingotaku@tech.lgbt
The Victorians definitely had that idea - the deserving poor Vs the undeserving poor, the horrors of the workhouse, debtors prison etc. you can get a lot of it from Oliver Twist, Little Dorrit
Vagrancy Act is a little pre-Victorian and lots of it is rooted in the Regency fear of revolution. The French revolution especially the Terror was within living memory and there was panic in Court.
There's a brilliant poster here on who posts about London's Riotous History
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@MatthewNewell@mastodon.social 2026-06-29 20:34
@kelpana@mastodon.ie @codingotaku@tech.lgbt @pasttense@kolektiva.social Past Tense posts some excellent articles on the sort of History that is often brushed over when talking about England . Lots of uprisings, lots of brutal governmental putting down of protest The criminalisation of Vagrancy was very useful to act against those who might otherwise be planning to join up with other disaffected films