Convention of the Estates of Scotland
The Convention of Estates of Scotland was a sister institution to the
burgh commissioners were later added. The Convention of Estates differed from Parliament in that it could be summoned by the King for the limited purpose of raising taxation, but could not pass other legislation.[1]
Like its predecessor General Council it played an important role in political and legislative affairs in Scotland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
During the
Claim of Right Act 1689
, and transformed itself into a full parliament.
See also
- List of parliaments of Scotland (includes Conventions of Estates)
- Commissioner (Scottish Parliament)
- Convention of Estates of Scotland (1689)
- Claim of Right Act 1689
- Three Estates of Scotland
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-52019-5.
Further reading
R. S. Rait, The Parliaments of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1920).
K. M. Brown, R. J. Tanner and A. J. Mann (eds), The History of the Scottish Parliament, volumes 1 and 2 (Edinburgh, 2004–6)
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