Magna Carta
With the advent of Magna Carta, royal power fell under written secular law and individual liberties were codified. Representative government, common law, and key trial rights such as habeas corpus grew out of these landmark documents. Magna Carta Magna Carta is the name later given to a document signed by king John of England under pressure from the barons and other notables of England in the summer of 1215 at a meadow called Runnymede, which is on the river Thames between London and Windsor. T…
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- Full title :Magna Carta / Katherine Fischer Drew.
Summary
With the advent of Magna Carta, royal power fell under written secular law and individual liberties were codified. Representative government, common law, and key trial rights such as habeas corpus grew out of these landmark documents. Magna Carta Magna Carta is the name later given to a document signed by king John of England under pressure from the barons and other notables of England in the summer of 1215 at a meadow called Runnymede, which is on the river Thames between London and Windsor. This remarkable document resulted from an aristocratic rebellion against the crown, sparked by king Jo.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Greenwood Press
- Place of Publication:Westport, CT
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxxix, 211 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780313061219, 0313061211, 9780313325908, 0313325901
- oclc:ocn542528059
- LC Classification:KD3946
- Dewey Decimal:342.4202/9
Table of Contents
Magna Carta and the Church -- Magna Carta and the towns -- Magna Carta and the barons -- Magna Carta and the common law -- Magna Carta and Parliament.
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