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Magna Carta Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, one of four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text Created 1215 ; 810 years ago (1215) Location Two at the British Library ; one each in Lincoln Castle and in Salisbury Cathedral Author(s) John, King of England His barons Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury Purpose Peace treaty Full text Magna Carta at Wikisource Part of the Politics series ...
Stephen Langton (c. 1150 – 9 July 1228) was an English cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207 until his death in 1228. The dispute between King John of England and Pope Innocent III over his election was a major factor in the crisis which produced the Magna Carta in 1215.
2015 was the 800th anniversary of the first issuing of Magna Carta. To coincide with this, new academic works on the subject were published and events held to mark the anniversary. [2] Starkey presented a one-hour BBC documentary on Magna Carta, [1] and it was accompanied by a book published by Hodder and Stoughton. [2]
The nineteenth-century historians Frederick Maitland and Frederick Pollock considered it a landmark document [1] in English legal history and a forerunner of Magna Carta. The document addressed abuses of royal power by his predecessor William II (his brother William Rufus), as perceived by the nobility, specifically the over-taxation of the ...
William of Huntingfield (died c. 1225 [1]) was a medieval English baron, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and one of the sureties of Magna Carta. He held Dover Castle for King John from September 1203 (as a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports ) [ 2 ] and in exchange, the king took his son and daughter hostage. [ 1 ]
The building hosts additional important American historical items, including the Continental Association, the Articles of Confederation, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, and collections of photography and other historically and culturally significant American and international artifacts, including an original version of the 1297 Magna Carta ...
Journalist Christina Hardyment, positively rating the book's global coverage and depth, expresses surprise on learning that King John used glasses to read and sign Magna Carta properly. [ 3 ] Critic Robert Heydt felt that the book is deceptive in its title as only "the final two chapters deal at length with the history and myth of the Great ...
In 1816, the London bookbinder John Whittaker (also described as a bookseller or associated with other book-related occupations [1]) produced a luxury edition of Magna Carta on its 600th anniversary. [2] [3] It was officially styled Magna Carta Regis Johannis XV. Die Junii Anno Regni XVII. [4] The text of Whittaker's Magna Carta was in gold. [5]