Broader Riots and Their Victims
- When
- after 2 June 1780
- Where
- London
- Part of
- Outbreak of Gordon Riots
Further riots involved nationalist, economic, and political grievances; victims were largely persons of substance rather than the Catholic community.
After the first march to Parliament, further riots occurred involving groups whose grievances were nationalist, economic, or political rather than religious. Rudé noted there was no general attack on the Catholic community, the victims being distinguished as on the whole persons of substance. Paul Monod, however, has argued that the Gordon Riots remain fundamentally anti-Catholic in character regardless of economic interpretation.
Sources
- Gordon Riots Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
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