Magna Carta and the England of King John

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78327-054-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 299 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loengard, Janet S

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hanawalt, Barbara A

Crook, David

Crouch, David

Brundage, James A

Masschaele, James

Loengard, Janet S.

Gillingham, John B

Hudson, John

Turner, R V

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Janet S. Loengard
England in 1215: An Authoritarian Angevin Dynasty Facing Multiple Threats - R V Turner
The Anonymous of Béthune, King John and Magna Carta - John B Gillingham
Baronial Paranoia in King John's Reign - David Crouch
The Forest Eyre in the Reign of King John - David Crook
The Managerial Revolution in the English Church - James A Brundage
Magna Carta, the ius commune, and English Common Law - John Hudson
Justice without Judgment: Criminal Prosecution before Magna Carta - Barbara A Hanawalt
What Did Magna Carta Mean to Widows? - Janet S. Loengard
The English Economy in the Age of Magna Carta - James Masschaele
The Complaint of King John against William de Briouze [c. September 1210] - David Crouch

Über Autor(innen)

Crouch, David
David Crouch is a fellow of the British Academy and author of a number of editions of medieval documents, most recently The Acts and Letters of the Marshal Family (2015) for the Camden Society. He has written extensively on medieval politics and society, and was also editor of Volume 10 (Howden and Howdenshire) of the Victoria History of Yorkshire East Riding.

Crook, David
DAVID CROOK, now retired, spent his working life in The National Archives, where he became immersed in the extensive surviving early records of the English royal administration and common law. From those sources have emerged important findings which may identify a real criminal as the original of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood.

Contributors: James A. Brundage, David Crook, David Crouch, John Gillingham, Barbara A. Hanawalt, John Hudson, Janet S. Loengard, James Masschaele, R. V. Turner.