Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
With an Historical Introduction
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John, published in 1905 by the Glasgow jurist William Sharp McKechnie, is the standard modern commentary on the document of 1215. A long historical introduction traces the problems of monarchy, local government and church that the Norman and Angevin kings left to John, the crisis of 1213 to 1215 and the meeting at Runnymede, and then analyzes the Charter's feudal grievances, its form and juridical nature, the value of the traditional interpretations and its later reissues. The heart of the book prints the Latin text clause by clause with translation and detailed commentary. An appendix gives the Charter of Henry I, the Articles of the Barons and the reissue of 1217. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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