Author: Austin Lane Poole
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 572

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Author: Austin Lane Poole
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 541

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Author: Austin Lane Poole
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192852878
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 564

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Concentrates on the twelfth century and takes in the rule of William Rufus at the beginning and of John at the end.

Author: Austin Lane Poole
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198217077
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Author: David Roffe
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783270888
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Essays into numerous aspects of the Domesday Book, shedding fresh light on its mysteries.

Author: David Carpenter
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014196846X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461

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'David Carpenter deserves to replace Sir James Holt as the standard authority, and an unfailingly readable one too.' Ferdinand Mount, TLS 'An invaluable new commentary' Jill Leopore, New Yorker With a new commentary by David Carpenter "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land." Magna Carta, forced on King John in 1215 by rebellion, is one of the most famous documents in world history. It asserts a fundamental principle: that the ruler is subject to the law. Alongside a new text and translation of the Charter, David Carpenter's commentary draws on new discoveries to give an entirely fresh account of Magna Carta's text, origins, survival and enforcement, showing how it quickly gained a central place in English political life. It also uses Magna Carta as a lens through which to view thirteenth-century society, focusing on women and peasants as well as barons and knights. The book is a landmark in Magna Carta studies. 2015 is the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta's creation - an event which will be marked with exhibitions, commemorations and debates in all the countries over whose constitutions and legal assumptions the shadow of Magna Carta hangs.

Author: Howard of Warwick
Publisher: The Funny Book Company
ISBN: 1913383369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Read the full text of Magna Carta in Latin and English here! But don't take the tale of its production too seriously - or seriously at all. From the quill of Howard of Warwick, the world's best selling author of historical humour, comes yet more History as it might have happened, but probably didn't. To mark the 800th anniversary, Howard has forced his attentions on the most famous charter in history. Here is a Runnymede full of real people; confused, squabbling, ill-informed and largely incompetent. Never mind 800 years, it's a miracle the charter survived to the end of its first week.... if it did! In The Magna Carta (Or Is It?) we discover that King John entrusted the copying of the original charter to one Aelward Dunktish, a man not normally reliable enough to pour water. The King must be up to something. And so must the nobles who want Dunktish for their own purposes. And then there are the King's notorious mercenaries, the men of Touraine, who have ideas of their own, all of them involving death and horses. They're all up to no good, and Dunktish IS no good. It's the sort of tale that will end in disaster - except in the hands of Aelward Dunktish, it all starts with one. Opinion on Howard of Warwick is not at all divided: "If Pratchett wrote history." "Hysterical, laugh out loud funny." "Very, very funny." scaryduck.com "Truly side-splitting." kateofmind

Author: Debbie Levy
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 082255917X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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

Author: Great Britain
Publisher:
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Category : Law, Anglo-Saxon
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Author: Richard Fitzneale
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Corrections by: Carter, F.E.L.;; Unknown function: Greenway, D.E.