Matthew Cragoe
Biographic Data
| ID | 3980817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Cragoe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Cragoe |
| SIGNATURE | CRAGOE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hertfordshire |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5430-5390 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reading Lewis Cage: The Young Cricketer (1768), by Frances Cotes RA: Cricket, Art and the Rise of Nationalism in England after the Seven Years War
Recent scholarship has shown how the burst of cultural self‐confidence that followed the Seven Years War fuelled British desire for a national school of art and the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768. This article re‐reads a portrait exhibited at the academy’s inaugural exhibition by leading London artist Francis Cotes. It argues that the portrait of young Lewis Cage was more than a simple portrait of a favourite son; rather, it was both an …
The Parish Elite at Play? Cricket, Community and the ‘Middling Sort’ in Eighteenth‐Century Kent
This article aims to extend understanding of the rural middling sort by exploring their engagement with cricket. Cricket enjoyed considerable popularity across the south‐eastern counties by the mid‐eighteenth century; however, very few sources have survived and so our knowledge of the game – especially at the grass roots – is very limited. The article focuses on a unique set of scorecards from a club founded in 1773 in the Kentish village of Wing…
The Church of England and the enclosure of England's Open Fields—a Northamptonshire case study
This article explores the tithe system in eighteenth-century Northamptonshire. At enclosure, many clergy exchanged their right to take tithe for a portion of the newly enclosed land in the parish. The article argues that while the clergy made financial gains from this, more important was the removal of a recurrent source of dissension with parishioners. As such the article tempers the dominant narrative that emphasizes only the material enrichmen…
Parliamentary enclosure, vermin and the cultural life of English parishes, 1750–1850
This article explores the impact of parliamentary enclosure on the cultural life of English villages after 1750. It focuses on parish-sponsored vermin control, arguing that the popular ‘hunting’ sanctioned by parish vestries under Tudor legislation, and persisting into the early nineteenth century, created a highly participatory recreational culture which continued to exist under the radar of the game laws. Using a sample of parishes from the hea…
Sir Robert Peel and the ‘Moral Authority’ of the House of Commons, 1832–41
On his departure from office in April 1835, Sir Robert Peel delivered a very personal tribute to, and testament of faith in, the House of Commons. Members from all sides of the House cheered the outgoing Conservative Prime Minister as he said: For himself, the whole of his political life had been spent in the House of Commons—the remainder of it would be spent in the House of Commons; and whatever might be the conflicts of parties, he, for one, s…
The Land Question in Britain, 1750–1950
The 'Land Question' occupied a central place in political and cultural debates in Britain for nearly two centuries. From parliamentary enclosure in the mid-eighteenth century to the fierce Labour part
The Great Reform Act and the Modernization of British Politics: The Impact of Conservative Associations, 1835–1841
W hen did nationally based party alignments become significant at the grassroots of British politics? The issue has divided historians. For some, the dramatic rise in contested elections following the Great Reform Act, and the unprecedented partisanship of the enlarged electorate, suggest a real modernization of British politics in the 1830s. 1 John Philips, for example, has argued that the measure "helped orient popular politics more consistentl…
Hope and Heartbreak: A Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1776-1871
RUSSELL DAVIES begins his new social history of nineteenth-century Wales by criticising previous accounts for their overly narrow outlook. Both ‘nationalist’ and ‘socialist’ approaches, he suggests, have left untold the stories of countless Welsh men and women whose lives did not fit the chosen paradigm: ‘People who worshipped in church, or nowhere, those who did not speak Welsh, soldiers, industrialists, landowners with their ‘claret and Havana …
We Like Local Patriotism: The Conservative Party and the Discourse of Decentralisation, 1947 51
Original article can be found at: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/enghis/about.html Copyright Oxford Journals. DOI: 10.1093/ehr/cem254 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
George Osborne Morgan, Henry Richard, and the Politics of Religion in Wales, 1868–74
Original article can be found at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/ Copyright The Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust. DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-0206.2000.tb00448.x [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
Immigration and Integration: The Irish in Wales, 1798-1922 Paul O'Leary
Journal Article Immigration and Integration: The Irish in Wales, 1798–1922 Paul O'Leary Get access Matthew Cragoe Matthew Cragoe University of Hertfordshire Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 115, Issue 464, November 2000, Pages 1331–1332, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/115.464.1331-a Published: 01 November 2000
The Anatomy of an Eviction Campaign: The General Election of 1868 in Wales and its Aftermath
One of the most striking aspects of recent scholarship concerning electoral politics in the Victorian countryside is the widespread consensus that has developed that landlords did not – as was so commonly averred by Radical politicians at the time – use the threat of eviction as a weapon with which to terrorise farming tenants into voting as they were instructed. In the work of Norman Gash, Richard Olney and Frank O'Gorman, English tenants are re…
Welsh Electioneering and the Purpose of Parliament: ‘From Radicalism to Nationalism’ Reconsidered
Conscience or Coercion? Clerical Influence at the General Election of 1868 in Wales
For many people in mid-nineteenth-century Britain, religious \nprinciple was the chief determinant of voting behaviour, and \npolitics was perceived to be "an activity of significance mainly \nbecause religious issues were so prominent".1 The importance of \nreligious questions at election time naturally brought politics \nwithin the purview of the church and the chapel. In general \nterms, the Anglican clergy, though overwhelmingly Conservative …
A cheaper sort of member'? Welsh MPs, select committees and the representation of local interests in parliament 1852–1865
This paper explores the extent to which MPs from different areas of the British Isles represented the interests of their constituents in parliament before the Second Reform Act. Although it considers MPs from all areas, the focus is on Members from Wales. Select Committees offer the opportunity of examining MPs’ involvement with a broad range of issues in an environment where the imperatives of party attachment were at a minimum. Membership was v…
We Like Local Patriotism: The Conservative Party and the Discourse of Decentralisation, 1947 51
Original article can be found at: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/enghis/about.html Copyright Oxford Journals. DOI: 10.1093/ehr/cem254 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
The Parish Elite at Play? Cricket, Community and the ‘Middling Sort’ in Eighteenth‐Century Kent
This article aims to extend understanding of the rural middling sort by exploring their engagement with cricket. Cricket enjoyed considerable popularity across the south‐eastern counties by the mid‐eighteenth century; however, very few sources have survived and so our knowledge of the game – especially at the grass roots – is very limited. The article focuses on a unique set of scorecards from a club founded in 1773 in the Kentish village of Wing…
The Great Reform Act and the Modernization of British Politics: The Impact of Conservative Associations, 1835–1841
W hen did nationally based party alignments become significant at the grassroots of British politics? The issue has divided historians. For some, the dramatic rise in contested elections following the Great Reform Act, and the unprecedented partisanship of the enlarged electorate, suggest a real modernization of British politics in the 1830s. 1 John Philips, for example, has argued that the measure "helped orient popular politics more consistentl…
The Anatomy of an Eviction Campaign: The General Election of 1868 in Wales and its Aftermath
One of the most striking aspects of recent scholarship concerning electoral politics in the Victorian countryside is the widespread consensus that has developed that landlords did not – as was so commonly averred by Radical politicians at the time – use the threat of eviction as a weapon with which to terrorise farming tenants into voting as they were instructed. In the work of Norman Gash, Richard Olney and Frank O'Gorman, English tenants are re…
A cheaper sort of member'? Welsh MPs, select committees and the representation of local interests in parliament 1852–1865
This paper explores the extent to which MPs from different areas of the British Isles represented the interests of their constituents in parliament before the Second Reform Act. Although it considers MPs from all areas, the focus is on Members from Wales. Select Committees offer the opportunity of examining MPs’ involvement with a broad range of issues in an environment where the imperatives of party attachment were at a minimum. Membership was v…
A cheaper sort of member'? Welsh MPs, select committees and the representation of local interests in parliament 1852–1865
This paper explores the extent to which MPs from different areas of the British Isles represented the interests of their constituents in parliament before the Second Reform Act. Although it considers MPs from all areas, the focus is on Members from Wales. Select Committees offer the opportunity of examining MPs’ involvement with a broad range of issues in an environment where the imperatives of party attachment were at a minimum. Membership was v…
Conscience or Coercion? Clerical Influence at the General Election of 1868 in Wales
For many people in mid-nineteenth-century Britain, religious \nprinciple was the chief determinant of voting behaviour, and \npolitics was perceived to be "an activity of significance mainly \nbecause religious issues were so prominent".1 The importance of \nreligious questions at election time naturally brought politics \nwithin the purview of the church and the chapel. In general \nterms, the Anglican clergy, though overwhelmingly Conservative …
The Anatomy of an Eviction Campaign: The General Election of 1868 in Wales and its Aftermath
One of the most striking aspects of recent scholarship concerning electoral politics in the Victorian countryside is the widespread consensus that has developed that landlords did not – as was so commonly averred by Radical politicians at the time – use the threat of eviction as a weapon with which to terrorise farming tenants into voting as they were instructed. In the work of Norman Gash, Richard Olney and Frank O'Gorman, English tenants are re…
Welsh Electioneering and the Purpose of Parliament: ‘From Radicalism to Nationalism’ Reconsidered
George Osborne Morgan, Henry Richard, and the Politics of Religion in Wales, 1868–74
Original article can be found at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/ Copyright The Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust. DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-0206.2000.tb00448.x [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
Immigration and Integration: The Irish in Wales, 1798-1922 Paul O'Leary
Journal Article Immigration and Integration: The Irish in Wales, 1798–1922 Paul O'Leary Get access Matthew Cragoe Matthew Cragoe University of Hertfordshire Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 115, Issue 464, November 2000, Pages 1331–1332, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/115.464.1331-a Published: 01 November 2000
Hope and Heartbreak: A Social History of Wales and the Welsh, 1776-1871
RUSSELL DAVIES begins his new social history of nineteenth-century Wales by criticising previous accounts for their overly narrow outlook. Both ‘nationalist’ and ‘socialist’ approaches, he suggests, have left untold the stories of countless Welsh men and women whose lives did not fit the chosen paradigm: ‘People who worshipped in church, or nowhere, those who did not speak Welsh, soldiers, industrialists, landowners with their ‘claret and Havana …
We Like Local Patriotism: The Conservative Party and the Discourse of Decentralisation, 1947 51
Original article can be found at: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/enghis/about.html Copyright Oxford Journals. DOI: 10.1093/ehr/cem254 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
The Great Reform Act and the Modernization of British Politics: The Impact of Conservative Associations, 1835–1841
W hen did nationally based party alignments become significant at the grassroots of British politics? The issue has divided historians. For some, the dramatic rise in contested elections following the Great Reform Act, and the unprecedented partisanship of the enlarged electorate, suggest a real modernization of British politics in the 1830s. 1 John Philips, for example, has argued that the measure "helped orient popular politics more consistentl…
The Land Question in Britain, 1750–1950
The 'Land Question' occupied a central place in political and cultural debates in Britain for nearly two centuries. From parliamentary enclosure in the mid-eighteenth century to the fierce Labour part
Parliamentary enclosure, vermin and the cultural life of English parishes, 1750–1850
This article explores the impact of parliamentary enclosure on the cultural life of English villages after 1750. It focuses on parish-sponsored vermin control, arguing that the popular ‘hunting’ sanctioned by parish vestries under Tudor legislation, and persisting into the early nineteenth century, created a highly participatory recreational culture which continued to exist under the radar of the game laws. Using a sample of parishes from the hea…
Sir Robert Peel and the ‘Moral Authority’ of the House of Commons, 1832–41
On his departure from office in April 1835, Sir Robert Peel delivered a very personal tribute to, and testament of faith in, the House of Commons. Members from all sides of the House cheered the outgoing Conservative Prime Minister as he said: For himself, the whole of his political life had been spent in the House of Commons—the remainder of it would be spent in the House of Commons; and whatever might be the conflicts of parties, he, for one, s…
The Church of England and the enclosure of England's Open Fields—a Northamptonshire case study
This article explores the tithe system in eighteenth-century Northamptonshire. At enclosure, many clergy exchanged their right to take tithe for a portion of the newly enclosed land in the parish. The article argues that while the clergy made financial gains from this, more important was the removal of a recurrent source of dissension with parishioners. As such the article tempers the dominant narrative that emphasizes only the material enrichmen…
The Parish Elite at Play? Cricket, Community and the ‘Middling Sort’ in Eighteenth‐Century Kent
This article aims to extend understanding of the rural middling sort by exploring their engagement with cricket. Cricket enjoyed considerable popularity across the south‐eastern counties by the mid‐eighteenth century; however, very few sources have survived and so our knowledge of the game – especially at the grass roots – is very limited. The article focuses on a unique set of scorecards from a club founded in 1773 in the Kentish village of Wing…
Reading Lewis Cage: The Young Cricketer (1768), by Frances Cotes RA: Cricket, Art and the Rise of Nationalism in England after the Seven Years War
Recent scholarship has shown how the burst of cultural self‐confidence that followed the Seven Years War fuelled British desire for a national school of art and the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768. This article re‐reads a portrait exhibited at the academy’s inaugural exhibition by leading London artist Francis Cotes. It argues that the portrait of young Lewis Cage was more than a simple portrait of a favourite son; rather, it was both an …
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