The History of Scotland, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The History of Scotland, Vol. 2: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688 The germs of Parliament - Its relation to the oldest laws-the assemblages of national councils Their consent to great national acts - Rise of the burghal corporations - Different grades of corporations - Power and wealth of the corporations They form a separate Parliament or council Interior economy of the burghs - In¿uence on progress of freedom Relations with foreign municipalities - The burgh franchise The exclusive privileges - Greatness of Berwick - Town dwell ings - Rural dwellings Dwellings of the nobility compared with the ecclesiastical buildings - No Norman castles - Mag nificence of the remains of Norman churches - Testimonies to the wealth of the country before the breaking out of the war Commerce, agriculture, and rural economy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.