Magna Carta in the Historiography of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Author : Herbert Butterfield
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Herbert Butterfield
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Geoffrey Hindley
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 24,29 MB
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1472118685
2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, the influence of which is still felt today around the world. In 1215 the barons of England forced King John to sign a revolutionary document which would change the political landscape not only of thirteenth-century Britain, but of the modern world. Magna Carta was the forerunner of the constitution that limited the powers of the crown and its echoes can be found in the seventeenth-century Civil Wars, the struggles for American Independence, the work of Thomas Paine and in the bedrock constitutional legislation of just about every democratic country today. As civil Liberties and the rule of law are increasingly brought into question throughout the world, leading medieval historian Geoffrey Hindley breathes vivid life into the story behind the signing of Magna Carta, and reveals the undiminished significance of this ancient document in today’s world.
Author : Lawrence Goldman
Publisher : Ihr Shorts
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909646872
"The papers in this collection were given at Peking University (PKU) in Beijing at a conference held on 10-11 September 2015. The event, entitled 'Retrospect and prospect: the 800th anniversary of Magna carta'"--Page vii.
Author : Ralph Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 36,64 MB
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1317873947
This new history is the first to tell the story of Magna Carta ‘through the ages’. No other general work traces its continuing importance in England’s political consciousness. Many books have examined the circumstances surrounding King John’s grant of Magna Carta in 1215. Very few trace the Charter’s legacy to subsequent centuries and even fewer look at the fate of the physical document. Turner also underlines its great influence outside the United Kingdom, especially in North America. Today, the Charter enjoys greater prestige in the United States, the land of lawyers, than in Britain. U.S. citizens claim Magna Carta as a source of their liberties, guaranteeing ‘due process of law’ and condemning ‘executive privilege’.
Author : Randy James Holland
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,8 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 9780314676719
An authoritative two volume dictionary covering English law from earliest times up to the present day, giving a definition and an explanation of every legal term old and new. Provides detailed statements of legal terms as well as their historical context.
Author : Maurice Ashley
Publisher :
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 1965
Category :
ISBN : 9780835737333
Author : King John
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 2015-11-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781500478568
Magna Carta (Latin for "the Great Charter"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum (Latin for "the Great Charter of the Liberties"), is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.[a] First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons.
Author : William Sharp McKechnie
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 35,59 MB
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : History
ISBN :
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 : William Sharp McKechnie
Publisher :
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN :
Author : Lawrence Goldman
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 49,37 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Magna Carta
ISBN : 9781909646889