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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785211203321

Autore

Brown Keith

Titolo

Parliament in context, 1235-1707 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Keith M. Brown and Alan R. MacDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-7486-7223-0

1-283-02104-8

9786613021045

0-7486-2846-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

History of the Scottish Parliament ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownKeith M

MacDonaldAlan R

Disciplina

328.411

Soggetti

HISTORY / Europe / General

Scotland Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contributors""; ""Abbreviations and Conventions""; ""Preface""; ""chapter 1 Balancing Acts: The Crown and Parliament""; ""chapter 2 The First Estate: Parliament and the Church""; ""chapter 3 The Second Estate: Parliament and the Nobility""; ""chapter 4 The Third Estate: Parliament and the Burghs""; ""chapter 5 House Rules: Parliamentary Procedure""; ""chapter 6 Parliament and the Law""; ""chapter 7 The Law of the Person: Parliament and Social Control""; ""chapter 8 Political Ideas and Parliament""

""chapter 9 Parliament and Politics""""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

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 tea