Elections and Local Governance in Early Modern Aberdeen

Dropuljic, Stephanie and Wilson, Adelyn; Godfrey, A M, ed. (2020) Elections and Local Governance in Early Modern Aberdeen. In: Miscellany 8 (Stair Vol 67). Stair Society Annual Publications Series, 67 . Stair Society, Edinburgh, pp. 231-263. ISBN 9781872517346 (https://doi.org/10.36098/stairsoc/misc8.6)

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Abstract

This article examines the framework for burgh council elections in early modern Aberdeen. It first reconstructs the sequence of events which led to two arbitral decrees in 1592 and 1596, which together set down the framework for election in Aberdeen; transcripts and translations of both decrees are provided. The article then explores the extent to which that process of election was interrupted in the subsequent decades, and in particular during the interregnum period (1651 to 1660). The article also considers the election of those commissioners who represented the burgh at meetings of national institutions. Throughout, the article shows the extent to which Aberdeen’s local elections were variously informed by and consistent with national trends observed in other Scottish burghs and interregnum governmental policies.

  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:86942
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    30 October 2020
    Published
    Notes:Stephanie Dropuljic and Adelyn Wilson, “Elections and Local Governance in Early Modern Aberdeen”, in A. M. Godfrey (ed.), Miscellany Eight [Stair Society vol. 67] (Edinburgh, 2020), pp. 231–263 http://doi.org/10.36098/stairsoc/misc8.6
    Subjects:Law
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:12 Oct 2023 10:30
    Last modified:08 Apr 2024 14:23
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/86942
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