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Supplicants & Guardians: the petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660

Worthen, Hannah

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During the Civil Wars and Interregnum Parliament sought to fund their war effort by confiscating Royalist estates. The widows of Royalist landowners were left without a husband and without the prospect of any means of support unless they could regain those lands. These women petitioned Parliament alongside Royalist men in the interests of themselves and their families. They used emotive language of distress, sophisticated knowledge of their entitlement to inherited lands as well as accounts of their husband's actions and their own assertions of loyalty. The petitions of Royalist widows remind us that women throughout history had the capacity to respond to the realities and aftermath of war with tenacity and resilience.

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Worthen, H. (2017). Supplicants & Guardians: the petitions of Royalist widows during the Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1642-1660. Women's History Review, 26(4), 528-540. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2016.1148503

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 1, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 24, 2016
Publication Date 2017
Deposit Date Oct 13, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Women's History Review
Print ISSN 0961-2025
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 26
Issue 4
Pages 528-540
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2016.1148503
Keywords Women; War; Widow; Petition; Writing; Archives
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4094302
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