Concetti Chiave
- Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 to 1901 marked an era of material progress, imperial expansion, and political developments.
- The Victorian age emphasized family values, with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert having eight children as a model for society.
- Political movements included liberalism, advocating free trade, and chartism, seeking voting reforms like universal male suffrage.
- Disraeli highlighted societal divisions between the rich and the poor, leading to the concept of the Victorian compromise.
- The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 led to the creation of workhouses, requiring labor in exchange for basic needs like food and shelter.
Tendenze politiche del XIX secolo
Victoria married There were two political tendencies:
- liberalism: wanted complete freedom of trade and the abolition of tariffs on imports and exports;
- The first reform built was in 1832, the second in 1867 and the third in 1884, which enlarged the suffrage, in fact Britain reached the universal male suffrage.
Compromesso vittoriano e dualità sociale
The prime minister Disraeli said that the reign was divided into two different nations: the rich and the poor. Victorian compromise means accepting the hypocrisy of the age: there was a duality, this age was a coin with 2 faces. Authors were influenced by this aspect (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dorian Gray).
(These years were called hungry forties because man didn’t have money to buy food and because there were taxes for example on bread)
Legge sugli indigenti del 1834
In 1834 the poor law amendment act said that poor people couldn’t live in the street. So the reign started to built work houses: in order to have food and a bed it was necessary to work.
Domande da interrogazione
- What were the main political tendencies in the 19th century, and how did they influence trade policies?
- What was the Victorian compromise, and how did it reflect the social duality of the era?
The 19th century saw the rise of liberalism, which advocated for complete freedom of trade and the abolition of tariffs on imports and exports. This political tendency aimed to promote economic growth and free market principles.
The Victorian compromise referred to the acceptance of the era's hypocrisy, characterized by a duality between the rich and the poor. This social divide was famously described by Prime Minister Disraeli and influenced literary works like "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Dorian Gray," highlighting the era's contrasting realities.
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