Three Estates

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estate estate-based legislature political institution representative assembly

The Three Estates were the traditional representative orders of medieval and early modern Scottish society—typically clergy, nobility, and burgh commissioners—that together formed the kingdom’s national assembly.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Estate	2
Second Estate	1
Estates of the realm	2
Third Estate	0
Second Estate of Scotland	1
Third Estate (burghs)	1
Three Estates of the Realm	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	estate ⓘ estate ⓘ estate ⓘ estate-based legislature ⓘ political institution ⓘ representative assembly ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Three Estates of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Estates of Scotland Scottish Estates ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
basisOfDivision	function in society ⓘ legal privilege ⓘ social order ⓘ
composedOf	burgh commissioners ⓘ clergy ⓘ nobility ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
diminishedAfterEvent	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
function	advise the monarch ⓘ consent to legislation ⓘ grant taxation ⓘ national assembly ⓘ
hasEstate	First Estate ⓘ Second Estate ⓘ Third Estate ⓘ
historicalRole	central institution of Scottish governance ⓘ forum for negotiation between crown and subjects ⓘ
influenced	development of Scottish parliamentary tradition ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kingdom-wide affairs of Scotland ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Latin ⓘ Scots ⓘ
location	Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
precededBy	royal councils in medieval Scotland ⓘ
relatedConcept	Three Estates self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Estates of the realm Parliament of Scotland ⓘ States General ⓘ Three Estates self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Three Estates of the Realm
represents	burgh commissioners ⓘ clergy ⓘ early modern Scottish society ⓘ medieval Scottish society ⓘ nobility ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	corporate representation by order ⓘ
usedInGovernmentType	estates monarchy ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Scotland → composedOf → Three Estates ⓘ

Estates of Parliament → hasEstate → Three Estates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Estate (burghs)

Estates-General of 1789 → hasEstate → Three Estates ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Estate

Estates-General of 1789 → hasEstate → Three Estates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Estate

Scottish Estates → hasPart → Three Estates ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Estate

Three Estates of Scotland → hasPart → Three Estates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Estate of Scotland

Ancien Régime → hasSocialStructure → Three Estates ⓘ

Three Estates → relatedConcept → Three Estates self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Three Estates of the Realm

Three Estates → relatedConcept → Three Estates self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Estates of the realm

Three Estates of Scotland → relatedConcept → Three Estates ⓘ

this entity surface form: Estates of the realm