The History of the Scottish Parliament: Parliament in Context, 1235-1707

Keith Brown; Alan R. MacDonald

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2010

The History of the Scottish Parliament

Parliament in Context, 1235-1707

Keith Brown and Alan R. MacDonald

In the series The Edinburgh History of the Scottish Parliament

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748628469

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About this book

This is the third volume in The History of the Scottish Parliament. In volumes 1 and 2 the contributors addressed discrete episodes in political history from the early thirteenth century through to 1707, demonstrating the richness of the sources for such historical writing and the importance of parliament to that history. In Volume 3 the contributors have built on that foundation and taken advantage of the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to discuss a comprehensive range of key themes in the development of parliament.

The editors, Keith M. Brown and Alan R. MacDonald, have assembled a team of established and younger scholars who each discuss a theme that ranges over the entire six centuries of the parliament's existence. These include broad, interpretive chapters on each of the key political constituencies represented in parliament. Thus Roland Tanner and Gillian MacIntosh write on parliament and the crown, Roland Tanner and Kirsty McAlister discuss parliament and the church, Keith Brown addresses parliament and the nobility and Alan MacDonald examines parliament and the burghs. Cross-cutting themes are also analysed. The political culture of parliament is the subject of a chapter by Julian Goodare, while parliament and the law, political ideas and social control are dealt with in turn by Mark Godfrey, James Burns and Alastair Mann. Finally, parliament's own procedures are also discussed by Alastair Mann.

The History of the Scottish Parliament: Parliament in Context offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the workings and significance of this important institution to the history of late medieval and early modern Scotland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations and Conventions Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
1 Balancing Acts: The Crown and Parliament Gillian H. MacIntosh and Roland J. Tanner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The First Estate: Parliament and the Church Kirsty F. McAlister and Roland J. Tanner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3 The Second Estate: Parliament and the Nobility Keith M. Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
4 The Third Estate: Parliament and the Burghs Alan R. MacDonald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
5 House Rules: Parliamentary Procedure Alastair J. Mann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
6 Parliament and the Law A. Mark Godfrey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
7 The Law of the Person: Parliament and Social Control Alastair J. Mann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
8 Political Ideas and Parliament James H. Burns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
9 Parliament and Politics Julian Goodare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Other: 7 B/W halftones
Keywords: Scottish Studies

eBook

Published: September 22, 2010
ISBN: 9780748628469