Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America: From the Late Medieval Period to the Present

TY - BOOK

T1 - Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America

T2 - From the Late Medieval Period to the Present

A2 - Huzzey, Richard

A2 - Janse, Maartje

A2 - Miller, Henry

A2 - Oddens, Joris

A2 - Waddell, Brodie

PY - 2024/6/20

Y1 - 2024/6/20

N2 - Throughout history, across very different types of state and society, petitions and petitioning have been ubiquitous practices and the interaction between petitioners and authority has been a crucial dynamic in exercising and contesting power. Consolidating and advancing a rapidly expanding field of research across history, law, and the social sciences, Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America is the first study of these venerable practices from their development in the late medieval period to the emergence of e-petitions in the twenty-first century. With a broad focus on Europe and North America, this ambitious volume breaks new ground by examining the concept, history, and practice of petitions and petitioning across chronological and geographical boundaries, opening up this important topic using an interdisciplinary approach across the humanities and social sciences.

AB - Throughout history, across very different types of state and society, petitions and petitioning have been ubiquitous practices and the interaction between petitioners and authority has been a crucial dynamic in exercising and contesting power. Consolidating and advancing a rapidly expanding field of research across history, law, and the social sciences, Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America is the first study of these venerable practices from their development in the late medieval period to the emergence of e-petitions in the twenty-first century. With a broad focus on Europe and North America, this ambitious volume breaks new ground by examining the concept, history, and practice of petitions and petitioning across chronological and geographical boundaries, opening up this important topic using an interdisciplinary approach across the humanities and social sciences.

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M3 - Book

SN - 9780197267721

T3 - Proceedings of the British Academy

BT - Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America

PB - British Academy - Oxford University Press

ER -