Armenbriefe und Unterstützungsgesuche in Deutschland und Großbritannien, 1770 - 1914 / Pauper Letters and Petitions for Poor Relief in Germany and Great Britain, 1770 - 1914

德国和英国的乞丐信件和救济请愿书，1770 年至 1914 年

基本信息

批准号：
174272485
负责人：
Professor Dr. Andreas Gestrich
金额：
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依托单位：
School of Arts and Humanities
依托单位国家：
德国
项目类别：
Research Grants
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
德国
起止时间：
2009-12-31 至 2013-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/174272485?language=en
关键词：
Armenbriefe und Unterst tzungsgesuche Deutschland

项目摘要

Historical research has shown a new and intensified interest in life testimonies (ego-documents) of the lower classes. In this context German historians have so far paid little attention to sources which have met with increasing interest in British research over the past years, namely letters, applications and petitions written by or for paupers to their home parish in order to apply for relief. Such ‘pauper narratives’ are preserved in British as well as in German archives, often in large numbers and alongside begging letters and other narratives. This project proposes: - to collect and edit on-line a range of pauper narratives from comparable British and German communities over the period between 1770 and 1914; - to analyse the linguistic structure and content of these narratives. This will be accomplished at three levels: an IT-based analysis of the linguistic similarities and differences between narrative forms; the quantitative study of recurring phrases, rhetorical forms and strategic reasoning within each narrative form; and the systematic comparison of the linguistic content of narratives with a corpus of other material written by or for ordinary people, including autobiographies, radical speeches and familial letters; - the use of these sources and the linguistic analysis to explore issues such as the degree to which the British and German poor claimed or developed agency when it came to entitlement; the use of political language and participation in the political process by the poor; and the strategic and rhetorical methods (including for instance claiming belonging or Christian duty) used by the poor to establish or maintain deservingness.

历史研究表明，人们对下层阶级的生活证言（自我文献）产生了新的、强烈的兴趣。在这种背景下，德国历史学家迄今为止很少关注过去几年英国研究中日益受到关注的资料来源，即。由穷人写给他们的家乡教区以申请救济的信件、申请和请愿书在英国和德国的档案馆中通常大量保存，并与乞讨信件和其他叙述一起保存。项目建议： - 在线收集和编辑 1770 年至 1914 年间英国和德国类似社区的一系列乞丐叙述； - 分析这些叙述的语言结构和内容。这将在三个层面上完成：基于信息技术的叙事形式之间的语言异同分析；对每种叙事形式中重复出现的短语、修辞形式和策略推理进行定量研究；以及将叙事的语言内容与其他书面材料进行系统比较；由普通人撰写或为普通人撰写，包括自传、激进演讲和家庭信件； - 利用这些资料和语言分析来探讨诸如英国和德国穷人在权利方面主张或发展代理权的程度等问题；穷人使用政治语言和参与政治进程；以及穷人用来建立或维持应得性的策略和修辞方法（包括例如声称归属感或基督教义务）。