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Peasant Petitions

Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates, 1600-1850

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  1. R. A. Houston

    1. University of St Andrews, Scotland

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  3. Landed Estates: Personnel, Organisation, Documentation, and Elements of Variance

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      Pages 33-35
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    2. Stewards and other estate officials

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      Pages 37-47

    3. The estates and the petitions

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      Pages 48-56

    4. Petitions and the rhythms of estate life

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      Pages 57-59

    5. Empty spaces: the missing estate petitions of eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Wales

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      Pages 60-72

  4. Authorship, Physical form, and Written Style of Petitions

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      Pages 73-75
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    2. Authenticity and authorship

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      Pages 77-86

    3. Physical form

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      Pages 87-93

    4. Address

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      Pages 94-96

    5. Ending

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      Pages 97-103

    6. Delivery and receipt

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      Pages 104-107

  5. The Content of Petitions

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      Pages 109-111
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    2. The north of Ireland, c. 1750–1850

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      Pages 113-145

    3. North-West England, c. 1600–1800

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      Pages 146-170

    4. The Highland margin of Scotland, c. 1770–1860

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      Pages 171-216
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About this book

This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Reviews

“This is an innovative book. It draws on a neglected body of documents to shed light on rural society in parts of Britain which are too often seen as peripheral to its economic and social development. It offers a great deal of food for thought that future historians would be wise to build upon.” (Jane Whittle, English Historical Review, Vol. 131 (551), August, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of St Andrews, Scotland

    R. A. Houston

About the author

Robert Allan Houston is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Andrews University before spending six years at Cambridge University, UK, as a research student (Peterhouse) and research fellow (Clare College).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Peasant Petitions

  • Book Subtitle: Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates, 1600-1850

  • Authors: R. A. Houston

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137394095

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39408-8Published: 02 July 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48379-2Published: 01 January 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39409-5Published: 02 July 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 322

  • Topics: Cultural History, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Modern History

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