The History of the Scottish Parliament

Parliament and Politics in Scotland, 1235-1560

A. J. Mann, Alan R. MacDonald, Roland J Tanner, Keith M. Brown (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

244 Seiten

2004
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7486-1485-1 (ISBN)

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These three volumes comprise a new history of Scotland’s first parliament from the first surviving official records in the thirteenth century to its final dissolution in 1707. Denigrated by unionists as inferior to the English parliament and despised by nationalists for agreeing to its own demise, the Scottish parliament has been shockingly under-researched by Scottish historians. This new history will go a long way towards redressing the balance, not merely putting the record straight but making it visible for the first time. Written by some twenty-five leading scholars the three volumes will be by far the most comprehensive history of the parliament ever published.Volumes 1 and 2 examine the history of parliament under the medieval and early modern monarchs. The former describes its role during the wars of independence, under the Stewart monarchy, and during the Reformation. The latter describes its role in the reign of James VI and throughout the century between the unions of the crowns in 1603 and of the parliaments in 1707, a period of royal absenteeism , religious upheaval, revolutions, civil wars, and economic catastrophe.Volume 3 addresses broad themes across the life of the parliament: relationship to the crown and nobility; legislative role; procedures; modes of government; relations with burghs and regions; receptiveness to political ideas; relationship with the church and role in national religious life.The refounding of the parliament in Edinburgh makes this a good time for a new look at the history, workings, and effectiveness of its long medieval and early modern antecedent. The History of the Scottish Parliament will be the definitive account for many years, informative, reliable, readable, and replete with story, character and incidentIt is, in sum, an outstanding testimony to the quality of historical scholarship in Scotland.

Dr. Alastair Mann is Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Stirling. Alan MacDonald is a senior lecturer in History at the University of Dundee, with a particular interest in the history of early modern Scotland, especially the history of the church and of parliament. R. J. Tanner is Research Fellow within the Scottish Parliament Project team at the University of St Andrews Keith Brown is Professor of History at the University of Manchester. He specializes in early modern Scottish History, particularly the history of parliament and of the nobility.

Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction: Parliament and Politics in Scotland, 1235-1567; Keith M. Brown and Roland J. Tanner; 1 Parliament, the Guardians and John Balliol, 1284-1296; Alison A. B. McQueen; 2 Cowing the Community? Coercion and Falsification in Robert; Bruce's Parliaments, 1309-1318; Roland J. Tanner; 3 Parliament Lost - Parliament Regained? The Three Estates; in the Reign of David II, 1329-1371; Michael A. Penman; 4 Coronations, Kings and Guardians: Politics, Parliaments; and General Councils, 1371-1406; Stephen Boardman; 5 Public Authority and Factional Conflict: Crown, Parliament; and Polity, 1424-1455; Michael Brown; 6 The Estates in Eclipse? Politics and Parliaments in the; Reign of James IV; Norman Macdougall; 7 The Parliament of 1525; Ken Emond; 8 Marie de Guise and the Three Estates, 1554-1558; Pamela E. Ritchie; 9 The Reformation Parliament; Keith M. Brown; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.2.2004
Reihe/Serie	The Edinburgh History of the Scottish Parliament
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	634 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7486-1485-0 / 0748614850
ISBN-13	978-0-7486-1485-1 / 9780748614851
Zustand	Neuware