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Thank you @lflannigan17.bsky.social for this really thoughtful review of our #PowerOfPetitioning book! doi.org/10.1093/ehr/...

She's right that 16th-century petitions don't get enough attention here, but you can read the 'ambitious' book for yourself to find out more: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-pow...

Apologies for the error!

The Power of Petitioning in Early Modern Britain, ed. Brodie Waddell and Jason Peacey That petitions were a key conduit for political and social relations in early modernity is now a historiographical commonplace. This collection of essays c

Laura Flannigan @lflannigan17.bsky.social reviews 'The Power of Petitioning in Early Modern Britain', ed. Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social and Jason Peacey

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