Peterloo Massacre
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Peterloo Massacre
C19: from St Peter's Fields + Waterloo
Example Sentences
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In a poem about this event — the infamous Peterloo Massacre — Percy Bysshe Shelley proclaimed that the downtrodden would soon “rise like Lions after slumber.”
From Washington Post ● May 29, 2019
While the Peterloo Massacre was taking place in 1819 yards away through Albert Hall and across Peter’s Street, the wounded were brought to the Ralph Abercromby for medical treatment.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2016
Maxine Peake will be performing the poem close to the site of the Peterloo Massacre As globally-sourced as the programme of the Manchester International Festival is, there are elements born and bred in the city.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2013
Other festival highlights include actress Maxine Peake in the play The Masque of Anarchy, inspired by the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2013
In July, she will perform Shelley's The Masque of Anarchy, a 91-stanza political epic written in response to the Peterloo Massacre, at the Manchester international festival.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013
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