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 as such has long been central to English constitutional and political history.
This volume uses it as a springboard to focus on social, economic, legal, and religious
institutions and attitudes in the early thirteenth century. What was England like between
1199 and 1215? And, no less important, how was King John perceived by those who actually
knew him? The essays here analyseearlier Angevin rulers and the effect of their reigns on
John's England, the causes and results of the increasing baronial fear of the king, the
"e;managerial revolution"e; of the English church, and the effect of the ius
commune on English common law. They also examine 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 Carta
on widows and property, and the course of criminal justice before 1215. The volume concludes
with the first critical edition of an open letter from King John explaining his position in
the matter ofWilliam de Briouze. Contributors: Janet S. Loengard, Ralph V. Turner, John
Gillingham, David Crouch, David Crook, James A. Brundage, John Hudson, Barbara Hanawalt,
James Masschaele

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• Publication Date: June 17, 2010
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