Title Medieval petitions : grace and grievance / edited by W. Mark Ormrod, Gwilym Dodd and Anthony Musson

Published Woodbridge : York Medieval Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) Contents Introduction: Medieval petitions in context / W. Mark Ormrod -- Parliamentary petitions? : the origins and provenance of the "ancient petitions" (SC 8) in the National Archives / Gwilym Dodd -- Petitioning in the ancient world / Serena Connolly -- Petitioning between England and Avignon in the first half of the fourteenth century / Barbar Bombi -- Petitions to the pope in the fourteenth century / Patrick Zutshi -- Understanding early petitions : an analysis of the content of petitions to Parliament in the reign of Edward I / Paul Brand -- Petitions from Gascony : testimonies of a special relationship / Guilhem Pépin -- Murmur, clamour and noise : voicing complaint and remedy in petitions to the English Crown, c. 1300-c. 1460 / W. Mark Ormrod -- Queenship, lordship and petitioning in late medieval England / Anthony Musson -- Taking your chances : petitioning in the last years of Edward II and the first years of Edward III / Simon J. Harris -- Words and realities : the language and dating of petitions, 1326-7 / Shelagh A. Sneddon -- A petition from the prisoners in Nottingham Gaol, c. 1330 / David Crook -- Thomas Paunfield, the "heye court of rightwisenesse" and the language of petitioning in the fifteenth century / Gwilym Dodd Summary The mechanics, politics and culture of petitioning in the middle ages are examined in this innovative collection. In addition to important and wide-ranging examinations of the ancient world and the medieval papacy, it focuses particularly on petitions to Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Petitions -- England -- History -- To 1500 Intercession -- England -- History -- To 1500 Law -- England -- History -- To 1500 Law, Medieval. LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. HISTORY -- Medieval. Intercession Law Law, Medieval Petitions Politics and government Petition SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1066-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056872 Subject England Great Britain England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Ormrod, W. M., 1957- editor. Dodd, Gwilym, editor. Musson, Anthony, 1966- editor. ISBN 9781846157455 1846157455

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