Focus on Social History

History From Below is also known as “people’s history” or “radical history”. 

It focuses on the lives, experiences and perspectives of the ordinary people, rather than the elite and major events. 

Its aim is to bring to light the roles of the everyday individuals and groups that shaped history.

Clerkenwell has a strong connection with social history which spans through centuries, from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century.

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