Magna Carta
by Jones, Dan
On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world. A milestone in the development of constitutional politics and the rule of law, the 'Great Charter' established an Englishman's right to Habeas Corpus and set limits to the…
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- Full title :Magna Carta / Dan Jones.
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On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world. A milestone in the development of constitutional politics and the rule of law, the 'Great Charter' established an Englishman's right to Habeas Corpus and set limits to the exercise of royal power. For the first time a group of subjects had forced an English king to agre.
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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Head of Zeus
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781781858844, 1781858845
- oclc:ocn892870094
- LC Classification:KD3946
- Dewey Decimal:942.033
Table of Contents
Cover; Welcome Page; Contents; Introduction: The Fame of Magna Carta; Chapter 1: England Reordered 1154-1189; Chapter 2: War and Taxes 1189-1199; Chapter 3: Empire's End 1199-1204; Chapter 4: The King in His Kingdom 1204-1205; Chapter 5: Interdict and Intimidation 1206-1212; Chapter 6: Crisis and Machinations 1212-1214; Chapter 7: A Meadow Called Runnymede 1215; Chapter 8: A Charter of Liberties -- Magna Carta 1215; Chapter 9: War and Invasion 1215-1216; Chapter 10: Afterlife of the Charter 1215-2015; Appendix I: The Text of Magna Carta 1215; Appendix II: The Men of Magna Carta.
Appendix III: The Enforcers of Magna CartaAppendix IV: Timeline 800 Years of Magna Carta; Notes on the Text; Further Reading; Index and Picture Credits; Acknowledgements; About this Book; Reviews; About the Author; Also by this Author; An Invitation from the Publisher; Copyright.
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