Popular Agency and Politicisation in Nineteenth-Century Europe

This book provides an entry point to the most cutting-edge lines of research on popular political mobilisation in Europe. It brings together leading scholars from Germany, France, Britain, the Netherlands and Spain. The chapters explore the connected dimensions of popular participation within different countries and across borders, covering the topics of iconoclasm, popular acclamations, street politics, associations, petitions and electoral agitation. Focusing on the role of disenfranchised citizens and women, this collection broadens the themes of traditional political historical research that has identified political participation with the right to vote and struggles for political inclusion, and brings a wide array of formal and informal political practices to the centre of nineteenth-century European life. A must-read for scholars, undergraduates, and graduate students wishing to explore multiple dimensions of the history of political engagement and politicisation.

Surveys the political agency of ordinary people who were deprived of the vote during the nineteenth century Sheds light on the role of disenfranchised citizens and women Takes a transnational approach, covering countries such as France, Spain, Britain and Germany

Auteur

Diego Palacios Cerezales is a Senior Researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain. Previously, he was a Lecturer in European History at the University of Stirling, in the UK, and he has also held teaching and research positions at various Spanish and Portuguese universities. Diego's research focuses on the transnational history of petitioning from the Age of Revolution to the third wave of democratisation (1789-1989), as well as on the history of policing in Spain and Portugal. He has written and edited several books, and published sixteen journal articles.

Oriol Luján holds a lectureship at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in Spain. Prior to this, he held a postdoctoral position at the Complutense University of Madrid, as well as visiting positions at the European University Institute in Florence, and the Sorbonne in Paris. Oriol specialises in the cultural history of politics and parliamentary representation in nineteenth-century Spain. He has written several books, book chapters and journal articles.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Perspectives on Agency and Citizenship (Diego Palacios Cerezales and Oriol Luján).- 2. Plebiscites on the Streets: The Politics of Public Acclamation in Early Nineteenth-Century Europe(Theo Jung).- 3. Visual History and Informal Politicisation in the nineteenth Century: The Example of Political Iconoclasm (France, 1814-1871) (Emmanuel Fureix).- 4. Royalist Women in the Marketplace: Work, Gender and Popular Counter-Revolution in Southern Europe (1814-1830) (Álvaro París).- 5. Women, Politics, and Politicization in Spain (1808-1874) (Florencia Peyrou).- 6. Citizens, Subjects and Recruits: Changing Perceptions of State, Administration and Individual in the City of Mainz, 1790-1814 (Volker Köhler).- 7. Militias and Volunteer Forces: Popular Mobilisation in Times of Revolution (1820-1843) (Jordi Roca Vernet).- 8. Political Actors thanks to, or Despite the Law? The Empowered Voices of Individuals in Nineteenth-century Electoral Claims(Oriol Luján).- 9. Hoarse Throats and Sore Heads: Popular Participation in Parliamentary Elections Before Democracy in Nineteenth-Century Britain and France (Malcolm Crook and Tom Crook).- 10. Voluntary Associations and Political Participation (Maartje Janse).- 11. Signatures of Conservatism: Petitioning, Popular Politics and Campaigns against Reform in Britain, 1780-1918 (Henry Miller).- 12. Catholic Transnational Repertoires in the Nineteenth century. Signatures, Newspapers, and Organisation (Diego Palacios Cerezales).