Magna Carta: The Foundation Of Freedom 1215-2015 The Foundation of Freedom, 1215-2015

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9781908990280
  • 09 oktober 2014
  • 192 pagina's
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Eight hundred years ago King John of England was forced to seal a document of historic importance. As the first charter to grant individual liberties under the rule of law, protecting the people against tyranny, Magna Carta is the most influential and far-reaching legal text the world has ever known. Magna Carta was serially reinterpreted by later generations, becoming a totem in fierce political debates on the liberties of the people - it became a sacred text for English puritans of the Civil War, for the American patriots of the War of Independence, and for all those in the English-speaking world who have striven to build democratic rights and freedoms in the post-colonial age. For this book, published with the official support of the UK Magna Carta Trust and marking the eight hundredth anniversary of the charter's first issue, Professor Nicholas Vincent is joined by a range of experts on Magna Carta from across the world to reflect on the circumstances of its genesis and its enduring significance.

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Hardcover
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09 oktober 2014
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192
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Nicholas Vincent
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Anthony Musson
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Main - UK Hardback
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240 mm
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21 mm
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280 mm
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240 mm
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280 mm
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893 g

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    Nicholas Vincent's little book provides a witted explanation of the political context in which the Magna Carta was first published. Vincent starts with a historical review of the Plantagenet dynasty, to which King John "Lackland" belonged, listing the reasons why those kings entered history with a reputation for cruelty and tyranny. King John, however, went beyond all limits: he was a terrible politician with his own barons and broke up with the Catholic Church. Magna Carta was born as a peace agreement, and as suh it failed: civil war was not avoided, and it was only won by the Crown after King John's death. But Magna Carta had made its inauguration and its fame was well established. Throughout the 13th century it was reissued a few times and can be regarded as a founding document against tyranny and protective of individual liberties.

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