Scottish Parliament records now online

For those of you interested in Scottish history -

From the BBC:

An online archive of the proceedings of the original Scottish Parliament from its first surviving act of 1235 to its dissolution in 1707 has been launched.

Dr MacIntosh said: “Parliament was a pretty rowdy place back then - members were allowed to take a sword in, and there are records of duels and arrests being made after punch-ups broke out in the debating chamber.”

That last line amused me. :)

Full BBC article

And here is the official website for the records

1 Comment »

  1. Colin said,

    May 13, 2008 @ 1:18 pm

    Nothing much has changed, except now they just tell stories about each other to the News of the World and start a career-ending scandal! :)

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