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1 online resource : color illustrations |
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IHR shorts |
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IHR shorts.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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"The papers in this collection were given at Peking University (PKU) in Beijing at a conference held on 10-11 September 2015. The event, entitled 'Retrospect and prospect : the 800th anniversary of Magna carta'"--Page vii |
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Print version record. |
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1. Historic anniversaries in British public life : Magna Carta 800/2015 in perspective / Lawrence Goldman, page 1 -- 2. Magna Carta 1215 : its social and political context / David Carpenter, page 17 -- 3. Magna Carta : from King John to western liberty / Nicholas Vincent, page 25 -- 4. The Church and Magna Carta in the thirteenth century / S.T. Ambler, page 41 -- 5. Sir Edward Coke's resurrection of Magna Carta / George Garnett, page 51 -- 6. 'More precious in your esteem than it deserveth'? Magna Carta and seventeenth-century politics / Rachel Foxley, page 61 -- 7. Magna Carta in the American Revolution / Harry T. Dickinson, page 79 -- 8. Reform, radicalism and revolution : Magna Carta in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain / Alexander Lock, page 101. |
| Summary |
This book examines the history and influence of Magna Carta in British and American history. In a series of essays written by notable British specialists, it considers the origins of the document in the political and religious contexts of the thirteenth century, the relevance of its principles to the seventeenth century disputes that led to the Civil War, the uses made of Magna Carta to justify the American Revolution, and its inspiration of the radical-democratic movement in Britain in the early nineteenth century. The introductory essay considers the celebration of Magna Carta's 800th anniversary in 2015 in relation to ceremonials and remembrance in Britain in general. Given as papers to a joint conference of British and Chinese historians in Beijing in 2015, these essays provide a clear and insightful overview of the origins and impact of a medieval document that has shaped the history of the world. |
| Language |
English. |
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Magna Carta -- Congresses.
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Magna Carta
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Added Author |
Goldman, Lawrence, 1957-
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Beijing da xue.
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Retrospect and prospect (Conference) (2015 : Beijing, China)
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| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
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Humanities Digital Library Humanities Digital Library |
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OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) OAPEN |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Magna carta. Paperback edition. London : Institute of Historical Research, 2018 1909646873 (OCoLC)1035749835 |
| ISBN |
9781909646889 (electronic bk.) |
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1909646881 (electronic bk.) |
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1909646873 |
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9781909646872 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000063938386 |
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