Three Estates of Scotland
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The Three Estates of Scotland were the pre-Union Scottish parliament’s representative bodies of clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners that together formed the kingdom’s central legislative assembly.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Estate of Scotland | 1 |
| Second Estate of Scotland | 0 |
| Third Estate of Scotland | 0 |
| Estates of Scotland | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
estate of the realm
ⓘ
estate of the realm ⓘ estate of the realm ⓘ historical institution ⓘ parliamentary estate system ⓘ representative body ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Scottish constitutional history
ⓘ
Scottish crown ⓘ
surface form:
Scottish monarchy
|
| constitutionalRole | limitation of royal authority ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy | Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ |
| governmentSystem | estates-based representation ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Three Estates of Scotland
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
First Estate of Scotland
Three Estates ⓘ
surface form:
Second Estate of Scotland
Scottish burghers ⓘ
surface form:
Third Estate of Scotland
|
| historicalPeriod |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Latin
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| legalAuthority | statute-making power ⓘ |
| legislativeFunction | central legislative assembly of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| location | Scotland ⓘ |
| meetsAt |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
Perth ⓘ Stirling ⓘ |
| meetsIn | Parliament of Scotland ⓘ |
| nobleComponent | lords temporal ⓘ |
| partOf | Parliament of Scotland ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | tripartite estate system ⓘ |
| preUnionStatus | sovereign legislature of Scotland ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Three Estates
ⓘ
surface form:
Estates of the realm
|
| relatedTo |
Estates-General of 1789
ⓘ
surface form:
Estates-General of France
States General of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| religiousComponent |
Roman Catholic clergy
ⓘ
later Protestant clergy ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| represents |
burgh commissioners
ⓘ
clergy ⓘ nobility ⓘ |
| role |
advice to the monarch
ⓘ
approval of legislation ⓘ consent to taxation ⓘ |
| sovereigntyClaim | shared sovereignty with the monarch ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-1707 ⓘ |
| typeOfRepresentation | corporate representation ⓘ |
| urbanComponent | royal burghs ⓘ |
| votingSystem | voting by estate ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Estates of Scotland
this entity surface form:
First Estate of Scotland