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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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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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