Petitioning from towns in early modern Scotland

What is it about?

The article looks at how the towns of early modern Scotland, and the people who lived in them, used petitioning both collectively and individually to further their interests. It argues for the need for historians to recognise the importance of 'prosaic petitioning', i.e. petitioning about everyday things, as opposed to political petitioning which has been given disproportionate attention in the past.

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Why is it important?

By focusing on 'prosaic petitioning' it shifts the focus onto the significance of the everyday rather than the common focus on petitioning which tends to concentrate on controversy and protest.