The 1780 Gordon Riots saw London experience a week of violent anti-Catholic protest in one of the most significant episodes of civil unrest in British history. Whilst the riots have been subjected to academic study, there has yet to be sustained analysis of how participants in the riots communicated, both with each other and with observers. This article uses analysis of archival material, including accounts of the riots and court transcripts, to argue that the rioters used a variety of methods of communication that can be divided into three categories: textual, verbal, and non-linguistic. More-than-representational approaches are utilised to highlight methods of communication that are obscured by the inherently textual character of historical archives. In doing so, this article contributes to ongoing discussions about the application of more-than-representational approaches to historical geography. The analysis demonstrates that communication served multiple purposes beyond the transmission of information; it helped participants in the riots to act more effectively by developing a sense of a unified and coherent community; it contributed to the creation of affective atmospheres which enabled rioters to use threat to achieve their goals rather than bodily violence; and even allowed rioters to convey a sense of legitimacy.

1780 年的戈登骚乱见证了伦敦经历了一周的暴力反天主教抗议，这是英国历史上最重要的内乱事件之一。虽然骚乱已经进行了学术研究，但尚未对骚乱参与者之间以及与观察者之间的沟通方式进行持续分析。本文通过对档案材料的分析，包括骚乱的叙述和法庭笔录，认为骚乱者使用了多种交流方式，可分为三类：文本、口头和非语言。超越代表性的方法被用来突出被历史档案固有的文本特征所掩盖的交流方法。在这样做，本文有助于正在进行的关于将超越代表性的方法应用于历史地理学的讨论。分析表明，除了信息传输之外，通信还有多种用途；它通过培养团结一致的社区意识，帮助骚乱参与者更有效地采取行动；它有助于营造情感氛围，使暴徒能够利用威胁而不是身体暴力来实现其目标；甚至允许暴徒传达一种合法性。它有助于营造情感氛围，使暴徒能够利用威胁而不是身体暴力来实现其目标；甚至允许暴徒传达一种合法性。它有助于营造情感氛围，使暴徒能够利用威胁而不是身体暴力来实现其目标；甚至允许暴徒传达一种合法性。