Petitions, Parliament and Political Culture: Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780-1918
(2020)
Journal Article
Huzzey, R., & Miller, H. (2020). Petitions, Parliament and Political Culture: Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780-1918. Past & Present: A Journal of Historical Studies, 248(1), 123-164. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtz061
This article analyses nearly one million petitions received by the House of Commons to reveal a culture of petitioning that recast the political culture of modern Britain and Ireland. It argues, first, that petitions provided a much more regular and... Read More about Petitions, Parliament and Political Culture: Petitioning the House of Commons, 1780-1918.