Author: Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland
Author: Theodora PaganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, with Extracts from Other Records Relating to the Affairs of the Burghs of Scotland.... 1295-1738: 1677-1711
Author: Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, 1295/1597-[1711/1738]
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Author: Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland
Author: Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, with Extracts from Other Records Relating to the Affairs of the Burghs of Scotland.... 1295-1738: 1711-1738
Author: Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland
Author: Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Constitution of the Royal Burghs of Scotland
Author: Royal Burghs (Scotland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Constitution of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, from Their Charters as Exhibited in the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons ... 1793. To which is Now Added, a Translation of the Election Clauses, and Acts of Parliament Relating to the Government of Said Burghs
Author: Great Britain. - Parliament. - House of Commons. - Proceedings. - II.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, 1295/1597-[1711/1738]
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Author: Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The Burghs and Parliament in Scotland, c. 1550–1651
Author: Alan R. MacDonaldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317039696
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Existing studies of early modern Scotland tend to focus on the crown, the nobility and the church. Yet, from the sixteenth century, a unique national representative assembly of the towns, the Convention of Burghs, provides an insight into the activities of another key group in society. Meeting at least once a year, the Convention consisted of representatives from every parliamentary burgh, and was responsible for apportioning taxation, settling disputes between members, regulating weights and measures, negotiating with the crown on issues of concern to the merchant community. The Convention's role in relation to parliament was particularly significant, for it regulated urban representation, admitted new burghs to parliament, and co-ordinated and oversaw the conduct of the burgess estate in parliament. In this, the first full-length study of the burghs and parliament in Scotland, the influence of this institution is fully analysed over a one hundred year period. Drawing extensively on local and national sources, this book sheds new light upon the way in which parliament acted as a point of contact, a place where legislative business was done, relationships formed and status affirmed. The interactions between centre and localities, and between urban and rural elites are prominent themes, as is Edinburgh's position as the leading burgh and the host of parliament. The study builds upon existing scholarship to place Scotland within the wider British and European context and argues that the Scottish parliament was a distinctive and effective institution which was responsive to the needs of the burghs both collectively and individually.