A deep and gorgeous study of the Magna Carta and how it still influences our world.
The year 2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the Great Charter imposed on King John by his barons in the thirteenth century to ensure he upheld traditional customs of the nobility. Though it began as a safeguard of the aristocracy, over the past 800 years, the Magna Carta has become a cornerstone of democratic ideals for all.
After centuries of obscurity, the Magna Carta was rediscovered in the seventeenth century, and has informed numerous documents upholding human rights, including the American Declaration of Independence, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, and the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For Canadians, it has informed key documents from the Royal Proclamation of 1763 that shaped the then-British Colonies and their relations with First Nations, to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This book complements the 2015 Magna Carta Canada exhibition of the Durham Cathedral Magna Carta and Charter of the Forest.
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Foreword by the Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons
Introduction: The Magna Carta at 800
Part 1: The History of Kings, Barons, and the Commons
Early Perceptions of Democracy
Life in Thirteenth-Century England
The Making of King John
Part 2: Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest
The Reign of King John and the Coming of Magna Carta
The Key Principles of Magna Carta
The Repudiation of Magna Carta and the Death of King John
The Charter of the Forest: Protection of the Commons
The Provisions of Oxford and the Development of Parliament
Part 3: The Decline and Revival of Magna Carta
The Spread of Magna Carta’s Ideals from Barons to Commoners
The Decline of Magna Carta Sir Edward Coke and the Rebirth of Magna Carta
The Petition of Right in 1628
The English Civil Wars and Interregnum
The Bill of Rights and Emergence of Constitutional Monarchy
Part 4: Magna Carta Abroad
Canada’s First Constitutional Document: the Royal Proclamation of 1763
The American Revolution
The French Revolution
Magna Carta and Canada’s Confederation in 1867
Part 5: Magna Carta Today
The Global Impact of Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest
Surviving Copies of Magna Carta
Magna Carta in Contemporary Canada
Acknowledgements
Appendix 1: The Magna Carta 2015 Exhibition
Appendix 2: The Venues
Appendix 3: The Durham Cathedral Magna Carta
Notes
For Further Reading
Photo Credits
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Carolyn Harris teaches history at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies. She received her Ph.D in European history from Queen’s University in 2012. Her writing concerning the history of monarchy in the U.K., Europe, and Canada has appeared in numerous publications including the Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen, Smithsonian Magazine and the BBC News Magazine, and she is the author of Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada and Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette. She lives in Toronto.
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