Research Catalog

Title

Magna Carta / Katherine Fischer Drew.

Author

Drew, Katherine Fischer.

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.

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Description

xxxix, 211 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"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. This remarkable document resulted from an aristocratic rebellion against the crown, sparked by John's abusive use of his customary rights as lord of England. Though the rebellion began with the barons, its success was ensured by John's alienation of the church and the rising merchant class. But remarkable as the original agreement was, it acquired its elevated position in the legal and constitutional history of England as much from what men thought it said as from what its provisions actually contained. 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world

Uniform Title

Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world.

Subjects

• Great Britain > History > 13th century
• Law > England > History
• Magna Carta
• Constitutional history > England

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-201) and index.

Contents

Kings of England and France during the making of Magna Carta -- Introduction : the myth of Magna Carta -- Ch. 1. Magna Carta and the church -- Ch. 2. Magna Carta and the towns -- Ch. 3. Magna Carta and the barons -- Ch. 4. Magna Carta and the common law -- Ch. 5. Magna Carta and parliament -- Biographies -- Alfred of Wessex -- Thomas Becket (St. Thomas) -- Charlemagne and the Carolingian empire -- Eleanor of Aquitaine -- Frederick II -- Henry II -- Sons of Henry II : Henry, Richard, Geoffrey, John -- Richard I the Lionheart -- John -- Innocent III -- Stephen Langton -- Louis IX (St. Louis) -- William Marshal -- Simon de Montfort -- Philip II Augustus -- Hubert Walter -- William the Conqueror -- Primary documents -- 1. "The coronation charter" of Henry I (August 5, 1100) -- 2. Magna Carta, 1215 -- 3. Magna Carta, 1225 -- 4. Charter of the forest, 1225 -- 5. The confirmation of the charters, 1297 -- App. A. The Crusades and crusading states of the East -- App. B. The medieval trial by ordeal.

ISBN

0313325901 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2004042499
• 9780313325908 (hbk.)

OCLC

• ocm54479810
• SCSB-5105290

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries