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dc.contributor.editorWaddell, Brodie
dc.contributor.editorPeacey, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-23T12:32:58Z
dc.date.available2024-04-23T12:32:58Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90018
dc.description.abstractThe ‘humble petition’ was ubiquitous in early modern society and featured prominently in crucial moments such as the outbreak of the civil wars and in everyday local negotiations about taxation, welfare and litigation. People at all levels of society – from noblemen to paupers – used petitions to make their voices heard and these are valuable sources for mapping the structures of authority and agency that framed early modern society. The Power of Petitioning in Early Modern Britain offers a holistic study of this crucial topic in early modern British history. The contributors survey a vast range of sources, showing the myriad ways people petitioned the authorities from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. They cross the jurisdictional, sub-disciplinary and chronological boundaries that have otherwise constrained the current scholarly literature on petitioning and popular political engagement. Teasing out broad conclusions from innumerable smaller interventions in public life, they not only address the aims, attitudes and strategies of those involved, but also assesses the significance of the processes they used. This volume makes it possible to rethink the power of petitioning and to re-evaluate broad trends regarding political culture, institutional change and state formation. Praise for The Power of Petitioning ‘These essays each deepen our understanding of the social and cultural contexts of petitions, but also demonstrate a breadth and richness of approaches for scholars studying these sources. This volume is essential for our understanding of petitioning in transhistorical and comparative perspective.’ Richard Huzzey, University of Durham ‘A stimulating and wide-ranging collection which reflects a new understanding of participatory governance in early modern Britain. From political opinions to poverty and trauma, the authors unfold how women and men used petitions to make their voices heard, and how their concerns politicised daily life.’ Laura Gowing, Kings College Londonen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDL European history: Renaissanceen_US
dc.subject.otherpolitics;revolution;litigation;welfare;crime;state formation;lobbying;supplication;complaint;authorshipen_US
dc.titleThe Power of Petitioning in Early Modern Britainen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.14324/111.9781800085503en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBydf73bf94-b818-494c-a8dd-6775b0573bc2en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781800085510en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781800085527en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781800085534en_US
oapen.pages289en_US
oapen.place.publicationLondonen_US


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