ISBN10: 0313325901, ISBN13: 9780313325908, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. 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, on the Thames between London and Windsor. This remarkable document resulted from an aristocratic rebellion against the crown, sparked by King John's abusive use of his customary rights as ruler of England. Though the rebellion began with the barons success was ensured by John's alienation of the church and the rising merchant class, symbolized by the City of London. 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. 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. Thematic chapters help readers differentiate fact from fiction regarding this pivotal charter in political history.Furthermore, the pivotal roles played by the Church, the landed barons, and the emerging merchants in England's towns in extracting the concessions from the crown are discussed in broad, yet detailed, strokes. Chapters on Magna ...

Hardback. New. 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. ISBN 0313325901 9780313325908 [GB]