Social agency of petitioning

学生将探索从汉诺威和早期维多利亚时期的个人请愿书的三个广泛的集合。这些文件记录了贫穷的英国人与不同国家当局互动时的诉求、策略和语言。第一次使用比较框架，学生将从（一）穷人，（二）被定罪的罪犯，他们的亲属，和犯罪的受害者，和（三）水手，海军雇员，和他们的家人个人请愿书的新生史学。由此产生的博士学位将揭示英国统治者和被统治者之间权力关系的谈判。然而，这种学生奖学金的合作性质将要求成功的申请人与（i）两个合作机构内的档案管理员和馆长分享他们的研究，（ii）使用或访问国家档案馆和国家海事博物馆的公众成员。

The student will explore three extensive collections of personal petitions from the Hanoverian and early Victorian periods. These documents capture the appeals, tactics, and language of poorer Britons as they interacted with different state authorities. Using a comparative framework for the first time, the student will link the nascent historiographies on personal petitions from (i) the poor, (ii) convicted criminals, their relatives, and the victims of crime, and (iii) sailors, naval employees, and their families. The resultant doctorate will reveal the negotiation of power relations between Britain's governors and the governed. However, the collaborative nature of this studentship will require the successful applicant to share their research with (i) archivists and curators within the two collaborative institutions, (ii) members of the public using or visiting The National Archives and National Maritime Museum.