Magna Carta: A Commentary
This is a detailed and meticulous edition of Magna Carta with each clause in the original Latin, followed by an English translation and heavily annotated by the editor.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John, with an Historical Introduction, by William Sharp McKechnie (Glasgow: Maclehose, 1914).
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- Author: John Lackland (King John)
- Editor: William Sharp McKechnie
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Table of Contents
- PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
- FROM PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
- PART I.
- EVENTS LEADING TO MAGNA CARTA.
- PART II.
- FEUDAL GRIEVANCES AND MAGNA CARTA.
- PART III.
- MAGNA CARTA: ITS FORM AND CONTENTS.
- HISTORICAL SEQUEL TO MAGNA CARTA.
- PART V.
- MAGNA CARTA: ORIGINAL VERSIONS, PRINTED EDITIONS AND COMMENTARIES.
- TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND COMMENTARY
- PREAMBLE.1
- CHAPTER ONE.
- CHAPTER TWO.
- CHAPTER THREE.
- CHAPTER FOUR.
- CHAPTER FIVE.
- CHAPTER SIX.
- CHAPTER SEVEN.
- CHAPTER EIGHT.
- CHAPTER NINE.
- CHAPTER TEN.
- CHAPTER ELEVEN.
- CHAPTER TWELVE.
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
- CHAPTER NINETEEN.
- CHAPTER TWENTY.
- CHAPTER TWENTY–ONE.
- CHAPTER TWENTY–TWO.
- CHAPTER TWENTY–THREE.
- CHAPTER TWENTY–FOUR.
- CHAPTER TWENTY–FIVE.
- CHAPTER TWENTY–SIX.
- CHAPTER TWENTY–SEVEN.
- CHAPTER TWENTY–EIGHT.
- CHAPTER TWENTY–NINE.
- CHAPTER THIRTY.
- CHAPTER THIRTY–ONE.
- CHAPTER THIRTY–TWO.
- CHAPTER THIRTY–THREE.
- CHAPTER THIRTY–FOUR.
- CHAPTER THIRTY–FIVE.
- CHAPTER THIRTY–SIX.
- CHAPTER THIRTY–SEVEN.
- CHAPTER THIRTY–EIGHT.
- CHAPTER THIRTY–NINE.
- CHAPTER FORTY.
- CHAPTER FORTY–ONE.
- CHAPTER FORTY–TWO.
- CHAPTER FORTY–THREE.
- CHAPTER FORTY–FOUR.
- CHAPTER FORTY–FIVE.
- CHAPTER FORTY–SIX.
- CHAPTER FORTY–SEVEN.
- CHAPTER FORTY–EIGHT.
- CHAPTER FORTY–NINE.
- CHAPTER FIFTY.
- CHAPTER FIFTY–ONE.
- CHAPTER FIFTY–TWO.
- CHAPTER FIFTY–THREE.
- CHAPTER FIFTY–FOUR.
- CHAPTER FIFTY–FIVE.
- CHAPTER FIFTY–SIX.
- CHAPTER FIFTY–SEVEN.
- CHAPTER FIFTY–EIGHT.
- CHAPTER FIFTY–NINE.
- CHAPTER SIXTY.
- CHAPTER SIXTY–ONE.
- CHAPTER SIXTY–TWO.
- CHAPTER SIXTY–THREE.
- APPENDIX. DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO, OR ILLUSTRATIVE OF, MAGNA CARTA.
- I.: THE CHARTER OF LIBERTIES OF HENRY I.1 (1100.)
- II.: THE SECOND OR OXFORD CHARTER OF STEPHEN.1 (1136.)
- III.: CHARTER OF HENRY II.1 (circa 1154.)
- IV.: THE SO–CALLED “UNKNOWN CHARTER OF LIBERTIES” OF JOHN.2 (circa 1214–1215.)
- V.: THE ARTICLES OF THE BARONS.1 (1215.)
- VI.: WRITS SUPPLEMENTARY OF JOHN’S GREAT CHARTER.
- VII.: THE GREAT CHARTER OF HENRY III.2 (third reissue, 11th february, 1225.)
- VIII.: CARTA DE FORESTA.1 (6 november, 1217.)
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIST OF AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO.
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