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Treasures in full: Magna Carta - the basics - 2 views

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magnaCarta Quest9

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  • In the fourteenth century Parliament saw it as guaranteeing trial by jury. Sir Edward Coke interpreted it as a declaration of individual liberty in his conflict with the early Stuart kings and it has resonant echoes in the American Bill of Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  • But the real legacy of Magna Carta as a whole is that it limited the king's authority by establishing the crucial principle that the law was a power in its own right to which the king was subject.
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      Garth Holman on 20 Mar 12
       
      King has to be LEX REX now.  Things have changed. 
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  • wrote in medieval Latin
  • If you go over to the interactive in the opposite corner of the room you can use its magic magnifier to look at the Latin text in detail as well as an English translation.
  • written on parchment, not on paper.
  • Three of the four surviving copies of Magna Carta have lost their wax seals over the centuries. The only one which still has its seal is the burnt copy on display here. Unfortunately the seal was destroyed when the charter was burnt by fire in 1731,
  • It was King John’s excessive and arbitrary exploitation of his feudal rights, and his abuse of the justice system, which more than anything else had fuelled the barons’ rebellion in the first place.
  • hese are the first clause guaranteeing the liberties of the English Church; the clause confirming the privileges of the city of London and other towns; and the most famous clause of all which states that no free man shall be imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed or exiled without the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.
  • English king to set detailed limits on royal authority.
  • statement of liberties
  • king was subject to the law, not above it.
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Why Magna Carta matters | BBC History Magazine - 0 views

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Middle Ages Reading bbc MagnaCarta quest9

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  • The making of Magna Carta was a turning point in English constitutional history. The charter’s great achievement was to place the monarchy – the executive power – under the law.
  • and the law. Some thinkers of the time said that the king was above the law: that he made the law and he enforced it, but he was not actually bound by it himself.
  • In England the king is below God and below the law."
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  • The two most famous clauses of the charter, numbers 39 and 40, still resonate across the centuries. Clause 39 says that no free man shall be arrested, imprisoned or dispossessed of his lands without judgment of his peers or against the law of the land. Clause 40 says that to no free man will right or justice be delayed or denied.  
  • due process of law
  • unjust ruler and affirming principles of universal validity that still hold true today.
  • It is also an inspiration in that it encourages us to champion those same principles, to be vigilant in our defence of due process, and to assist those in less favoured lands who are fighting for the kind of freedoms that we, as a result of Magna Carta, take for granted.
  • The question then arises of what we think is the best way of preserving the rights of the individual against the state in future. Do we perhaps need a new Magna Carta, a bill of rights, to protect us from growing executive power and the flood of legislation pouring in from Europe?
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      Garth Holman on 25 Jan 13
       
      We see this in the United States Bill of Rights.  What number is it?  
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The Middle Ages for Kids - King John and the Magna Carta - 0 views

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  • Without an army behind him, some pretender would soon steal his throne. The king was furious about it, but he signed the Magna Carta.
  • desert him
  • They could seize his castles if he did not keep his word. 
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  • This made the archbishop furious. The archbishop called all the nobles together
  • He would promise anything to anybody, especially if there was money in it for him, but he soon broke his word.
  • King John was an English king. He was not a very pleasant person. He told lies.
  • King John promised he would do better.
  • discover that King John was breaking the law
  • he raised taxes again without consulting anyone.
  • they gathered a huge force of nobles at the town of Runnymede. They brought the king there.
  • parchment called the Magna Carta
  • if he did not sign, his nobles would
  • Most rights were already law.
  • The Magna Carta added new rights.
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Magna Carta Summary - Awesome Stories - 0 views

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MagnaCarta Quest9 England KIngJohn King Richard GreatCharter

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    Quest nine Magna Carta, nine very short reading the give all the details.  
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WHAT IS THE MAGNA CARTA - Awesome Stories - 0 views

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MagnaCarta Runnymede Interactive.

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  • The "Great Charter" (English for the Latin Magna Carta) was not in King John's best interests. Nor was it his original thought. It was also not the original thought of the barons who forced it on him.
  • nearly word for word, from "The Charter of Liberties of Henry I," an earlier charter (1100) from an earlier king (1100-1135) who had granted civil liberties to the English nobility.
  • e Magna Carta as a forerunner of American rights and liberties.
  • Garth Holman on 20 Mar 12
     
    Magna Carta Part 2/9 parts to story.  What is Magna Carta? 
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Magna Carta - Awesome Stories - 0 views

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MagnaCarta Runnymede Interactive.

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  • King John (Lackland) was a bad kin
  • greatest legal documents ever written and a cornerstone of modern national constitutions
  • Garth Holman on 20 Mar 12
     
    This is a great magna carta website that has little chapters to explain key ideas about the M. C.  It also have a interactive high quality image of the MC that you can zoom in on and work with.  Cool Stuff.  
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THE SOURCE OF TROUBLE - Awesome Stories - 0 views

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MagnaCarta Runnymede Interactive.

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  • he was ineligible to inherit land (hence
  • he was ineligible to inherit land (hence his nickname "Lackland"). Because he inherited no land, he was always conniving to gain land by other means.
  • he increased taxes on the landed barons.
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  • But John was no winner. He continued to lose ground to the French.
  • the English barons revolted against the high taxes and captured London in May of 1215.
  • The monarch would be forced to sign a charter giving legal rights to the barons and creating obligations on the part of the crown.
  • Garth Holman on 20 Mar 12
     
    Part three: SOURCE OF TROUBLE (CAUSES) 
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Magna Carta - 0 views

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  • The first clauses concern the position of the Catholic Church in England. Those that follow state that John will be less harsh on the barons. Many of the clauses concern England's legal system.  Magna Carta promised laws that were good and fair. It states that everyone shall have access to courts and that costs and money should not be an issue if someone wanted to take a problem to the law courts.  It also states that no freeman will be imprisoned or punished without first going through the proper legal system. In future years the word "freeman" was replaced by "no one" to include everybody.  The last few sections deal with how the Magna Carta would be enforced in England. Twenty five barons were given the responsibility of making sure the king carried out what was stated in the Magna Carta - the document clearly states that they could use force if they felt it was necessary. To give the Magna Carta an impact, the royal seal of King John was put on it to show people that it had his royal support. This is the largest red seal at the bottom of the Magna Carta above. In detail it looked like this :
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project - 0 views

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Quest9 Magna Carta Text

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  • Garth Holman on 14 Mar 14
     
    The text in English.
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CROSS PURPOSES AT RUNNYMEDE - Awesome Stories - 1 views

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MagnaCarta Runnymede Interactive.

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  • Even as he agreed to meet, however, John did not intend to keep his word.
  • he agreed to its terms for one purpose only: to buy time.
  • he scarcely retained seven knights, was much alarmed lest the barons would attack his castles and reduce them without difficulty, as they would find no obstacle to their so doing; and he deceitfully pretended to make peace for a time with the aforesaid barons...
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  • At length, after various points on both sides had been discussed, king John, seeing that he was inferior in strength to the barons, without raising any difficulty, granted the underwritten laws and liberties, and confirmed them by his charter...
  • Garth Holman on 20 Mar 12
     
    Part 4/9 Runnymede
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