History of the Scottish Parliament, Volume 3: Parliament in Context, 1235-1707

Edited by Keith Brown and Alan R. MacDonald

The third installment in Edinburgh University Press's History of the Scottish Parliament, this volume revisits the development of parliament via new materials now made available at the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland.

Keith M. Brown and Alan R. MacDonald assemble a team of established and upcoming scholars, each of whom develop a theme central to parliament's six centuries of history. They contribute broad, interpretive essays that target key political constituencies. Roland Tanner and Gillian MacIntosh investigate the relationship between parliament and the crown; Roland Tanner and Kirsty MacAllister discuss interactions between parliament and the church; Keith Brown follows parliament and the nobility; and Alan MacDonald examines parliament and the burghs. The institution's shifting political culture fuels an essay by Julian Goodare, and its relationship with the law, political ideas, and social control are addressed in turn by Mark Godfrey, James Burns, and Alastair Mann. Mann also supplies a concluding essay on procedures. Altogether, this text is the most in-depth and up-to-date history of a crucial governing body and its affect on late medieval and early modern Scotland.

Related Subjects

• Scottish Studies

Series

• Edinburgh History of the Scottish Parliament (Edinburgh University Press)

About the Author

Keith M. Brown is professor of Scottish history at the University of St. Andrews. His books include Bloodfeud in Scotland, Kingdom or Province? Scotland and the Regal Union, 1603-1715, and Noble Society in Scotland.

Alan R. MacDonald is a lecturer in history at the University of Dundee.

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