Search results found for: "paul carter" VideoLiving the Poor Life – Paul Carter talks about some stories from the filesSaturday 16 April 2011Paul Carter, The National Archives’ principal modern domestic record’s specialist, talks about some of...AudioBig Ideas Series: ‘In Their Own Write: Welfare, Discipline and Pauper Agency in the Nineteenth Century’Tuesday 12 December 2017In this seminar, Dr Paul Carter introduces his new research project which he is undertaking...AudioWebinar: Why did people fear the Victorian workhouse?Wednesday 3 September 2014The workhouse was a major feature in the lives of the poor, whether or...Audio‘…we may lie and die in a land of plenty…’: The Victorian poor in their own wordsTuesday 1 April 2014In all but the most specialist accounts of Victorian histories the poor are often...AudioOur ancestors and the fear of the Victorian workhouseTuesday 6 March 2012In 1834 the British government introduced the Poor Law Amendment Act (the introduction of...Audio‘A low artful wicked man’: poverty riots and bread, the response of government to the crises of the 1790sFriday 25 November 2011The 1790s was a watershed decade in British history with the continuation of population...VideoLiving the poor life – power relationsFriday 20 August 2010Paul Carter talks about how poor law records uncovered illustrate power relations in the...
