Title Parliament in context, 1235-1707 / edited by Keith M. Brown and Alan R. MacDonald

Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : illustrations Series History of the Scottish Parliament ; v. 3 History of the Scottish Parliament ; v. 3. Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Balancing Acts: The Crown and Parliament / Roland J. Tanner -- 2. First Estate: Parliament and the Church / Roland J. Tanner -- 3. Second Estate: Parliament and the Nobility / Keith M. Brown -- 4. Third Estate: Parliament and the Burghs / Alan R. MacDonald -- 5. House Rules: Parliamentary Procedure / Alastair J. Mann -- 6. Parliament and the Law / A. Mark Godfrey -- 7. Law of the Person: Parliament and Social Control / Alastair J. Mann -- 8. Political Ideas and Parliament / James H. Burns -- 9. Parliament and Politics / Julian Goodare Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Scotland. Parliament -- History SUBJECT Scotland. Parliament fast Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch. HISTORY -- Europe -- General. Politics and government SUBJECT Scotland -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118858 Subject Scotland Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Brown, Keith M. (Historian) MacDonald, Alan R., 1969- LC no. 2011488801 ISBN 9780748614868 0748614869 9780748628469 0748628460 0748614850 9780748614851 9780748672233 0748672230 1283021048 9781283021043 9786613021045 6613021040

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