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The Convention of Estates of Scotland was a sister institution to the
Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyr ...
which sat from the early sixteenth century. Initially it was only attended by the clergy and nobles, but 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. 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
Glorious Revolution in Scotland The Glorious Revolution in Scotland refers to the Scottish element of the 1688 Glorious Revolution, in which James VII was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her husband William II as joint monarchs of Scotland and England. Prior to 1707, ...
, the Scottish Privy Council summoned the Convention of Estates of 1689 to determine the throne of Scotland. It offered it to William and Mary, adopting the Articles of Grievances and 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) A commissioner was a legislator appointed or elected to represent a royal burgh or shire in the pre-Union Scottish Parliament and the associated Convention of the Estates. Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy are equivalent terms in other c ...
* Convention of Estates of Scotland (1689) * Claim of Right Act 1689 * Three Estates of Scotland


References


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) Parliament of Scotland Early Modern Scotland {{Scotland-poli-stub