History of the Scottish Parliament

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.

This is a work of immense importance that sets a new benchmark for study of the Scottish Parliament.It is a volume which all students of parliamentary history should not only possess but also consult. -- Richard D. Oram, University of Stirling Parliaments, Estates and Representation A valuable collection of first-rate scholarship that places the Scottish Parliament at the centre of a political history that has been dominated by overworked stories of dynastic intrigue. -- Paul T. Riggs, Valdosta State University History: The Journal of the Historical Association The most detailed, authoritative and wide-ranging treatment of the Scottish parliament so far published. The organisation of the three volumes is ingenious and highly effective. The first two are arranged chronologically and contain analytical studies of particular parliaments, whereas the third is organised thematically, with articles on various aspects of the parliament's role and functions throughout its history. This combination of analytical and thematic approaches produces a rich variety of perspectives that are both illuminating and informative... Together, they bring our understanding of Scottish parliamentary history to an entirely new level of sophistication, and the editors and contributors are to be warmly congratulated on their achievement. -- David L Smith, Selwyn College, Cambridge Scottish Historical Review This is a work of immense importance that sets a new benchmark for study of the Scottish Parliament.It is a volume which all students of parliamentary history should not only possess but also consult. A valuable collection of first-rate scholarship that places the Scottish Parliament at the centre of a political history that has been dominated by overworked stories of dynastic intrigue. The most detailed, authoritative and wide-ranging treatment of the Scottish parliament so far published. The organisation of the three volumes is ingenious and highly effective. The first two are arranged chronologically and contain analytical studies of particular parliaments, whereas the third is organised thematically, with articles on various aspects of the parliament's role and functions throughout its history. This combination of analytical and thematic approaches produces a rich variety of perspectives that are both illuminating and informative... Together, they bring our understanding of Scottish parliamentary history to an entirely new level of sophistication, and the editors and contributors are to be warmly congratulated on their achievement.