This book looks at petitions over the last five centuries to reconstruct the lives and opinions of 'humble' petitioners. Since Pharaonic times, governments have

This book deals with one of the most pervasive ways by which people have addressed authority throughout history: petitioning. The book explores traditional prac

"The sheer breadth of historical work here is astounding, encompassing Senegal to indigenous North America (including Florida) to South America and Europe. Neit

Through the analysis of legal documents surviving on papyrus, such as petitions, reports of court proceedings, and letters, this book examines the contribution

New research into petitions and petitioning in the middle ages, illuminating aspects of contemporary law and justice. The mechanics, politics and culture of pet