Multiple-clause petitions to the English parliament in the later Middle Ages
Instruments of pragmatism or persuasion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11891976 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gwilym Dodd (0000-0003-4326-2724, University of Nottingham, corresponding author), Matthew Phillips (0000-0003-4183-7766, University of Nottingham), Helen Killick (University of York) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 176-194 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medieval History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03044181.2014.883574 |
| OpenAlex | W2056063321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This discussion considers how and why some parliamentary private petitions were written as lists of separate requests or complaints between the late thirteenth and mid-fifteenth centuries. These petitions constitute a small, but visually distinctive, sub-group of The National Archives series SC 8 (‘Ancient Petitions’). Although the practicalities of writing complicated requests were often a key factor, the article argues that other more subtle considerations could lead to the adoption of a ‘multiple-clause’ petition: it could be part of a rhetorical strategy; it might have been determined by bureaucratic expediency; or it could indicate co-operation between petitioners with a common cause. Overall, the discussion contributes to our understanding of the mechanics of writing petitions in the late medieval period and it offers new insights into the strategies adopted by petitioners to gain a favourable outcome to their requests
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Bureaucracy · Epistemology · Fifteenth · Linguistics · Literature · Middle Ages · Parliament · Period (music · Persuasion · Petitioner · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Classics · Historical Legal Studies and Society · History · Law · Medieval and Early Modern Justice · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2020 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |