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Women and Petitioning in the Seventeenth Century English Revolution 1st Edition by Amanda Jane Whiting ISBN 2503547788 9782503547787

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Author: Amanda Jane Whiting

During the English Civil Wars and Revolution (1640-60), the affairs of Church and State came under a crucial new form of comment and critique, in the form of public petitions. Petitioning was a readily available mode of communication for women, and this study explores the ways in which petitioning in seventeenth-century England was adapted out of and differed from pre-Revolutionary modes, whilst also highlighting gendered conventions and innovations of petitioning in that period. Male petitioning in the seventeenth century did not have to negotiate the cultural assumptions about intellectual inferiority and legal incapacity that constrained women. Yet just because women did not claim separate (and modern) women’s rights does not mean that they were passive, quiescent, or had no political agency. On the contrary, as this study shows, women in the Revolution could use petitioning as a powerful way to address those in power, precisely because it was done from an assumed position of weakness. The petition is not simply a text, authored by a single pen, but a series of social transactions, performed in multiple social and political settings, frequently involving people previously excluded from participation in political discussion or action. To the extent that women participated in collective petitioning, or turned their individual addresses into printed artefacts for public scrutiny, they also participated in the public sphere of political opinion and debate.

Women and Petitioning in the Seventeenth Century English Revolution 1st Edition Table of contents:

Introduction – Women, Petitioning, and Political Power
- 1.1. Defining Petitioning in the Seventeenth Century
- 1.2. The Role of Women in the English Revolution
- 1.3. Overview of Women’s Political Engagement
Chapter 1 – Historical Context: The English Revolution
- 2.1. The Political Landscape of the Seventeenth Century
- 2.2. The Revolution’s Impact on Society and Gender Roles
- 2.3. Legal and Social Boundaries for Women
Chapter 2 – Women’s Voices in Early Petitioning
- 3.1. Forms of Petitioning: Oral vs. Written
- 3.2. Women’s Early Engagement in Public Discourse
- 3.3. Petitioning as a Form of Resistance
Chapter 3 – The Petitioning Process and Women’s Involvement
- 4.1. The Mechanics of Petitioning
- 4.2. Key Petitions and Involvement of Women
- 4.3. Petitioning for Legal Rights and Religious Freedom
Chapter 4 – The Radicalization of Women and Petitioning During the Revolution
- 5.1. Women in the Political Radical Movements
- 5.2. Petitioning for Social Reform and Political Change
- 5.3. Women as Political Agents
Chapter 5 – Case Studies: Notable Women and Their Petitions
- 6.1. Queen Henrietta Maria’s Influence on Women’s Political Activities
- 6.2. The Role of Female Petitioners in the Parliamentary Faction
- 6.3. Famous Petitions: The Voice of Women in Political Struggles
Chapter 6 – The Outcomes of Women’s Petitioning
- 7.1. Successes and Failures of Women’s Petitions
- 7.2. Legal and Social Impacts on Women’s Rights
- 7.3. Long-term Effects on Women’s Political Participation
Chapter 7 – Legacy of Women and Petitioning in the English Revolution
- 8.1. The Transformation of Women’s Political Roles
- 8.2. The Shift in Women’s Public Participation Post-Revolution
- 8.3. Modern Reflections on Women’s Political Activism
Conclusion – Women, Agency, and the English Revolution
- 9.1. Reassessing the Role of Women in Historical Movements
- 9.2. Final Thoughts on Petitioning and Political Change