street-processions

Updated: May 20, 2025

W. Cattle's sorry education of his children, as it deals with Mr. Bradlaugh's street-processions. 56. +posse comitatus. Arnold's phrase refers to the medieval institution of the "power of the county." It originally consisted of a county's able-bodied males over fifteen, and the local authorities might call upon it to preserve order. Later, the posse became an instrument of the church parish.

Matthew Arnold - Culture and Anarchy