The Mayor of Casterbridge Context

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Industrial Revolution Start
1760's
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What was a 'Skimmity Ride'
A public display of moral disapproval usually involving effigies of the relevant persons
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Hardy's Marriage
Married Emma Gifford in 1874 but later become estranged to her
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Corn laws
Restriction set in place between 1815 and 1846 that prevented owners form trading corn grain abroad
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Architectural Knowledge
In 1856 Hardy had been apprenticed to the Dorchester architect, John Hicks
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Female Rights
Women didn't get the right to vote until 1918
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Reform Act
1832 act passed the voting rights onto more than just the upper class citizens
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Compulsory Education
Began in 1880
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Self made men of the industrial revolution
Isombard Kingdom Brunel, George Stephenson, Thomas Newcomen
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A Scandal
Any acts of adultery or disrespect would have cause uproar and destroyed a persons public image especially if they were a member of a renown'd family (Upper class)
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A public display of moral disapproval usually involving effigies of the relevant persons

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What was a 'Skimmity Ride'

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Married Emma Gifford in 1874 but later become estranged to her

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Card 4

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Restriction set in place between 1815 and 1846 that prevented owners form trading corn grain abroad

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Card 5

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In 1856 Hardy had been apprenticed to the Dorchester architect, John Hicks

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