Petitioning was by far the most popular form of political participation, but it has long been overlooked by historians and social scientists preoccupied with elections and election rituals, campaigns to extend the right to vote, and the rise of national political parties. However, the utility to scholars of public petitions is not just limited to political historians studying the groundswell of public pressure for the expansion of the voting franchise. Containing petitions on ecclesiastical issues, crime and criminals, colonies, taxation, education, and on every other issue of interest to the populace of Britain, this project appeals to all social, cultural, and religious scholars of Britain. From religious scholars interested on Methodism and the Church of England, scientists concerned with pollution and pollution controls during the Industrial Revolution, and sociologists concerned with how these issues were influenced by and influenced the People, the popular constitutionalism inherent in this collection (as opposed to the "top down" approach to looking at history), is at the cutting edge of historical research today and has wide appeal across campus.
Users will be able to analyze the social, geographical, religious, and gender compositions of these issues of importance to Britons and allow for detailed textual and rhetorical analysis of the petitions. It will allow researchers to exploit new sources on the formative role of petitions to Parliament during the nineteenth century (1833-1918), an unparalleled period of political modernization and democratization in Britain.
Full integration with UK Parliamentary Papers to track the influence of the public, through petitions, on legislation and issues of concern in Parliament.
Search and retrieval of over 960,000 Petition records, 1833-1918, currently available only in print in a few select libraries, or via Chadwyck-Healey microform (through 1900).
Results set featuring dynamic “at a glance” display of number of petitions and signatures that change upon post-search filtering.
Post-search faceting on topic, region of origin, sponsor, sponsor demographics, number of signatures, and more! Integration ofMy Researchprivate research space.
Find Topic and Petition Sponsor lookup functionality to hone in on topics of interest.
从请愿书到会员资助议员的成员概况(MP)的联系。会员档案显示顶级请愿主题,主题和趋势。
在主题,地理区域,赞助商和年度基础上与个人请愿与相关请愿的链接。