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Magna Carta and the England of King John (Paperback)
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New interpretations of the effect of Magna Carta and other aspects
of the reign of King John. Magna Carta marked a watershed in the
relations between monarch and subject and has long been the subject
of constitutional and political historical writing. This volume has
a different focus: what was the social, economic, legal, and
religious background to the Charter - what was England like between
1199 and 1215? And, no less important, how was King John perceived
by those who actually knew him? Studies here analyse earlier
Angevin rulers and theeffect of their reigns on John's England, the
causes and results of the increasing baronial fear of the king, the
"managerial revolution" of the English church, and the effect of
the ius commune on English common law; theyalso explore the
burgeoning economy of the early thirteenth century and its effect
on English towns, the background to discontent over the royal
forests which eventually led to the Charter of the Forest, the
effect of Magna Cartaon widows and property, and the course of
criminal justice before 1215. The volume ends with the first
critical edition of an open letter from King John explaining his
position in the matter of William de Briouze. Contributors: James
A. Brundage, David Crook, David Crouch, John Gillingham, Barbara A.
Hanawalt, John Hudson, Janet S. Loengard, James Masschaele, R. V.
Turner.
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