Magna Carta Uncovered

Author : Anthony Arlidge,Igor Judge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782255918

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Magna Carta Uncovered by Anthony Arlidge,Igor Judge Pdf

2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the grant at Runnymede of Magna Carta.The story of how Magna Carta came into being ,and has been interpreted since, and its impact on individual rights and constitutional developments has more twists and turns than any work of historical fiction. The authors bring their wide legal experience and forensic skills to uncover the original meaning of the liberties enshrined in Magna Carta, and to trace their development in later centuries up to the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America. By providing that the powers of the King were not unlimited, the Charter was groundbreaking, yet it was also a conservative document, following the form of Anglo-Saxon charters and seeking to return government to the ways of the Norman kings. This book tells the enthralling, ultimately inspirational, story of Magna Carta in a concise and readable fashion and will captivate laymen and lawyers alike.

Author : Anthony Arlidge,Igor Judge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782255901

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Magna Carta Uncovered by Anthony Arlidge,Igor Judge Pdf

2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the grant at Runnymede of Magna Carta.The story of how Magna Carta came into being ,and has been interpreted since, and its impact on individual rights and constitutional developments has more twists and turns than any work of historical fiction. The authors bring their wide legal experience and forensic skills to uncover the original meaning of the liberties enshrined in Magna Carta, and to trace their development in later centuries up to the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America. By providing that the powers of the King were not unlimited, the Charter was groundbreaking, yet it was also a conservative document, following the form of Anglo-Saxon charters and seeking to return government to the ways of the Norman kings. This book tells the enthralling, ultimately inspirational, story of Magna Carta in a concise and readable fashion and will captivate laymen and lawyers alike.

Author : Debbie Levy
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822559177

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The Signing of the Magna Carta by Debbie Levy Pdf

Describes the events leading up to the signing of the Magna Carta and why this document is so important.

Author : Janet Senderowitz Loengard
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843835486

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Magna Carta and the England of King John by Janet Senderowitz Loengard Pdf

Magna Carta marked a watershed in the relations between monarch and subject and as such has long been central to English constitutional and political history. This volume uses it as a springboard to focus on social, economic, legal, and religious institutions and attitudes in the early thirteenth century. What was England like between 1199 and 1215? And, no less important, how was King John perceived by those who actually knew him? The essays here analyse earlier Angevin rulers and the effect of their reigns on John's England, the causes and results of the increasing baronial fear of the king, the "managerial revolution" of the English church, and the effect of the ius commune on English common law. They also examine the burgeoning economy of the early thirteenth century and its effect on English towns, the background to discontent over the royal forests which eventually led to the Charter of the Forest, the effect of Magna Carta on widows and property, and the course of criminal justice before 1215. The volume concludes with the first critical edition of an open letter from King John explaining his position in the matter of William de Briouze. Contributors: Janet S. Loengard, Ralph V. Turner, John Gillingham, David Crouch, David Crook, James A. Brundage, John Hudson, Barbara Hanawalt, James Masschaele

Author : Stephen Langton
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781513284651

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The Magna Carta by Stephen Langton Pdf

Magna Carta (1215) is a peace treaty drafted by Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton in coordination with the English barons. Intended as an appeal to King John of England on behalf of the barons, Magna Carta was agreed to on June 15, 1215. Although it was not initially respected, leading to the First Barons’ War, Magna Carta was later revised and reissued as part of the Treaty of Lambeth in 1217, establishing peace between King Henry III and the rebel barons. Dissatisfied with the rule of King John, rebel barons gathered in Northampton in May of 1215 to renounce their feudal ties to the crown. Unwilling to accept arbitration with the Pope on behalf of the King, the barons forced John to meet with them at Runnymede on June 10, 1215. Over the next ten days, and under the direction of Stephen Langton, they turned their demands into a charter now known as Magna Carta. Agreed to by King John on June 15, the Magna Carta proposed major political reforms, including the protection of the rights of the church, protection from unjust imprisonment, and limits on feudal payments and other forms of taxation due to the King. Although Magna Carta focuses on the rights of barons, it also articulates the rights of serfs and other free men. Recognized as a foundational document on the concept of liberty, Magna Carta is widely respected in Britain and the United States, and served as a major influence on the creation of the United States Constitution. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Magna Carta is a classic of English political history reimagined for modern readers.

Author : William Sharp McKechnie
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547059899

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Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John by William Sharp McKechnie Pdf

This book begins with a detailed commentary and explanation of the political and social climate that dictated the necessity of the Magna Carta. The initial report is followed by the original Latin text, a translation and further comments on the sections of the text. It is arguably the most thorough attempt to explain and provide insight into the most crucial document in British history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:703928648

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The Magna Carta by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Sharp McKechnie
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387096903

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Magna Carta; A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John With an Historical Introduction by William Sharp McKechnie Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : David Starkey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 1473610052

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Magna Carta by David Starkey Pdf

To mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, bestselling historian David Starkey explores the Magna Carta and its influence on Britain today.

Author : Richard Barrington
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 9781508103332

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THE MAGNA CARTA by Richard Barrington Pdf

Author : Faith Thompson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781447495178

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Magna Carta - Its Role In The Making Of The English Constitution 1300-1629 by Faith Thompson Pdf

The Magna Carta was a landmark document in the history of England and the wider world. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Herbert Butterfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015027412744

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Magna Carta in the Historiography of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by Herbert Butterfield Pdf

Author : Dan Jones
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780143108955

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Magna Carta by Dan Jones Pdf

"Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." —Antonia Fraser From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plantagenets, a lively, action-packed history of how the Magna Carta came to be—by the author of Powers and Thrones. The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles—even its language—can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange document and how did it gain such legendary status? Dan Jones takes us back to the turbulent year of 1215, when, beset by foreign crises and cornered by a growing domestic rebellion, King John reluctantly agreed to fix his seal to a document that would change the course of history. At the time of its creation the Magna Carta was just a peace treaty drafted by a group of rebel barons who were tired of the king's high taxes, arbitrary justice, and endless foreign wars. The fragile peace it established would last only two months, but its principles have reverberated over the centuries. Jones's riveting narrative follows the story of the Magna Carta's creation, its failure, and the war that subsequently engulfed England, and charts the high points in its unexpected afterlife. Reissued by King John's successors it protected the Church, banned unlawful imprisonment, and set limits to the exercise of royal power. It established the principle that taxation must be tied to representation and paved the way for the creation of Parliament. In 1776 American patriots, inspired by that long-ago defiance, dared to pick up arms against another English king and to demand even more far-reaching rights. We think of the Declaration of Independence as our founding document but those who drafted it had their eye on the Magna Carta.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241953372

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Magna Carta by Anonim Pdf

For its 800th anniversary, a new edition of one of democracy’s founding legal documents, with extensive new commentary Wrested by rebellious barons from a very reluctant King John, Magna Carta set out a series of rights and duties that have been appealed to, ignored, suppressed, and argued about ever since. Here, David Carpenter’s forceful new translation is accompanied by extensive commentary that sheds new light on this illustrious legal document. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Zbigniew Rau,Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski,Marek Tracz-Tryniecki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317278597

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Magna Carta by Zbigniew Rau,Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski,Marek Tracz-Tryniecki Pdf

To mark the 800th anniversary of the ratification of the Magna Carta by King John at Runnymede, Magna Carta provides the central European perspectives on this monumental document and its impact on the political and legal experiences of freedom, from the medieval period to the present day. The volume gives rise to a discussion about the legacy of the Magna Carta as one of the fundamental elements of European identity. Supported by previously untranslated sources at the end of each chapter, the team of contributors consider the lasting legacy of Magna Carta in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Lithuania. The authors present the successful attempts to limit royal power by law while protecting the priveleges of the nobility carried out throughout the region from the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries. Each chapter considers the historical and political contexts behind these efforts, the processes by which political and legal institutions were subsequently formed and finally examines the legacy of those institutions which are today found in constitutional identities, constitutional arrangements and political projects across Central Europe. A preface by Robert Blackburn draws the collection together, highlighting the continued universal significance of the Magna Carta. This original title will enable students and academics alike to see for themselves the reverberations the Magna Carta caused in medieval Europe and beyond from a fresh and unusual perspective.