Three Estates

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf estate
estate
estate
estate-based legislature
political institution
representative assembly
alsoKnownAs 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 Estates of the realm
linked to: Three Estates

Parliament of Scotland
States General
Three Estates of the Realm
linked to: Three Estates
represents burgh commissioners
clergy
early modern Scottish society
medieval Scottish society
nobility
typeOfRepresentation corporate representation by order
usedInGovernmentType estates monarchy

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Parliament of Scotland composedOf Three Estates
Estates-General of 1789 hasEstate First Estate
linked to: Three Estates
Estates-General of 1789 hasEstate Second Estate
linked to: Three Estates
Ancien Régime hasSocialStructure Three Estates
Three Estates of Scotland hasPart Second Estate of Scotland
linked to: Three Estates
Three Estates of Scotland relatedConcept Estates of the realm
linked to: Three Estates
Scottish Estates hasPart First Estate
linked to: Three Estates
Three Estates relatedConcept Three Estates of the Realm
linked to: Three Estates
Three Estates relatedConcept Estates of the realm
linked to: Three Estates
Estates of Parliament hasEstate Third Estate (burghs)
linked to: Three Estates
First Estate relatedConcept Three Estates