Carolyn Harris

Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada (eBook, ePUB)

Democracy, Law, and Human Rights

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459731141
• Artikelnr.: 43097659

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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