Great Exhibition of 1851

• Prince Albert
  • Osborne House
• Joseph Paxton
• The Crystal Palace link
• Thomas Cook
• Pugin

Victorianism

• Moral seriousness
• Respectability
• "Bowdlerize"
• Dress
• Conformity

Compromise

Politics

• Sir Robert Peel
• Corn Laws
• Working Class

Religion

Nonconformists

• Repeal of Test and Corporation Acts 1828
• Civil Marriage, Births 1837

Roman Catholics

• Catholic Emancipation 1828
• Restoration of Catholic Bishops 1850

Religious Faith

Alfred Tennyson

• In Memoriam 1850
• Poet Laureate 1851

Workshop of the World 1850s, 60s

Balance of Payments

Invisible Exports

• Shipping
• Dividends and interest
• Stockbroking
• Insurance

Lloyd's of London

Businessmen

• Limited Liability
• Self-confidence
• Acceptance

Working People

• English Week
• New Model Unions
• Amalgamated Society of Engineers
• Trades Union Congress 1868

How do you account for the positive reputation of Sir Robert Peel across social classes?

Why did Britain enter a period of relative economic prosperity in the 1850s and 1860s?

In what ways did working people become more reconciled to elite rule in this period? Why?