This is the first truly comparative analysis of pre-modern petitioning across Eurasia. The book analyzes petitioning as a tool of state, and not (as often assumed) an instrument of protest or imitation of religious prayer.
This is the first truly comparative analysis of pre-modern petitioning across Eurasia. The book analyzes petitioning as a tool of state, and not (as often assumed) an instrument of protest or imitation of religious prayer.