If you want to discover the captivating history of the Magna Carta, then keep reading...The Magna Carta is celebrated as one of the most important documents in human history.
Author(s): Captivating History
94 Pages
History, Military
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The Magna Carta is celebrated as one of the most important documents in human history. It is the main source of constitutional law around the world, promising people liberties and protection from the arbitrary power of the government.
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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Magna Carta, then keep reading...
The Magna Carta is celebrated as one of the most important documents in human history. It is the main source of constitutional law around the world, promising people liberties and protection from the arbitrary power of the government.
However, it is also a set of promises extorted in bad faith from an unwilling king, and these promises dealt with the problems of the 13th-century aristocracy. Among the ordinary problems of fees, customs, and land law, greater ideas found their way into the document, revolutionary ideas that would change the world.
However, in 1215, they were sparse, mentioned here and there in the form of high ideals more than in the form of a law.
Some parts of the Magna Carta are still quoted, such as clauses that deal with justice before peers, freedom from unlawful imprisonment, freedom of the church, and so on. However, in medieval times, these clauses did not have the same meaning as they do today. The Magna Carta showed itself to be a flexible document with ideas that could be bent and transformed to suit the needs of the new times.
In Magna Carta: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Great Charter and its Influence on Medieval England and the Rest of the World, you will discover topics such as
King John
The Path to Runnymede
The Magna Carta
The Failure of the Magna Carta
The War
The Regent and the End of the First Barons' War
Henry III and the Magna Carta
Second Barons' War and Edward I
The Late Medieval Period and the Tudors
The Revival of the Magna Carta
The New World and the Magna Carta
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Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .23 Inches (D)
Weight: .33 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 94
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Military
Publisher: Captivating History
Theme: Medieval
Format: Paperback
Author: Captivating History
Language: English
Street Date: April 26, 2020
TCIN: 1001137890
UPC: 9781647486525
Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-8436
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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