Keith M. Brown The History of the Scottish Parliament (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The History of the Scottish ParliamentCondition: NewEAN: 9780748614950ISBN: 9780748614950Publisher: Edinburgh University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/20/2005Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Weight: 770gContributor: Keith M. Brown (Edited by), Alan R. MacDonald (Edited by), A. J. Mann (Edited by), Ronald J Tanner (Edited by)Author: Keith M. BrownLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Parliament and Politics in Scotland, 1567 to 1707Description: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryBook Series: Edinburgh History of the Scottish ParliamentTopic: Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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