The History of the Scottish Parliament
Subtitle: Parliament and Politics in Scotland, 1235-1560 (The History of the Scottish Parlament; V. 1)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780748614851
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500; Central government; Political structure & processes; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History - General History; Europe - Great Britain - Scotland; Scotland; History: World; Government - Legislative Branch; History / General; Europe - General; Constitutional history; History; Parliament; Politics and government; Scotland.
First sentence: The history of European parliaments is often thought to begin with the cortes of Castile-Leon in 1188, that being arguably the first recorded instance of an assembly that fits the commonly held definition of what constitutes a parliament.