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definition
The practices and methodologies of chartists.
Examples of chartism in a Sentence
On the 10th of April 1848, a day famous in the history of Chartism, Ruskin was married at Perth to Euphemia Chalmers Gray, a lady of great beauty, of a family long intimate with the Ruskins.
Chartism begins with a fierce attack upon the laissez faire theory, which showed blindness to this necessity.
Their preparations excited general alarm, and on the invitation Chartism of the government no less than 170,000 special constables were sworn in to protect life and property against a rabble.
Chartism in London reflected traditional English radicalism dating back to Cartwright in the 1770s.
The plight of the silk weavers in Spitalfields played a part in London Chartism.
In 1847 he was returned for Nottingham, and in 1848 he presided at a Chartist demonstration on Kennington Common, which caused great alarm (see Chartism).