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LibriVox recording of Magna Carta Commemoration Essays by various authors. Read in English by Ruth Golding; MaryAnn; Carol Box; Patrick Martin; Maria Kasper. On 15th June 1215 the Magna Carta was sealed under oath by King John at Runnymede, on the bank of the River Thames near Windsor, England. 2015 is the 800th anniversary of this charter, which led eventually to the rule of constitutional law in England and beyond. This book of essays on various aspects of the Charter was written by distinguished academics for the Royal Historical Society to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Magna Carta. N. B. The readers in this project are not scholars of mediaeval Latin or French. Where there are passages or phrases of Latin and Old French, we have endeavoured to make them clear, but make no claim to authentic pronunciation. (Summary by Ruth Golding) Preface by the Rt. Hon. Viscount Bryce, O.M., D.C.L. (1838 - 1922) Introduction by H. E. Malden M.A. (1849 - 1931) Magna Carta, 1215 - 1915 by Professor Wm. S. McKechnie, LL.B., D. Phil. (1863 - 1930) Innocent III and the Charter by Professor G. B. Adams, Ph.D. (1851 - 1925) Barons and Knights in the Great Charter by J. H. Round, LL.D. (1854 - 1928) Clause 39: Nullus liber homo etc. by Sir. P. Vinogradoff, F.B.A., LL.D., D.C.L. (1854 - 1925) Per Iudicium Parium vel per Legem Terrae by Professor F. M. Powicke (1879 - 1963) Magna Carta and Common Law by Charles Howard McIlwain, Professor of History and Government, Harvard University (1871 - 1968) The Influence of Magna Carta on American Constitutional Development by H. D. Hazeltine, M.A., Litt.D. Magna Carta and Spanish Medieval Jurisprudence by Professor Rafael Altamira (1866 - 1951) (translated by F. A. Kirkpatrick, M.A., F.R.Hist.S., 1861 - 1953) Financial Records of the Reign of King John by Hilary Jenkinson, F.S.A. (1882 - 1961)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Magna Carta Commemoration Essays
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 10:08:43

Catalogue topics

• usage
• common law
• Knights
• Law
• monarchy
• king john
• custom
• magna carta

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 15:34
2. 01 - Introduction — 21:00
3. 02 - Magna Carta, 1215 - 1915 — 49:49
4. 03 - Innocent III and the Charter — 29:21
5. 04 - Barons and Knights in the Great Charter Pt.1 — 31:47
6. 05 - Barons and Knights in the Great Charter Pt. 2 — 44:16
7. 06 - Clause 39: Nullus Liber Homo etc. — 24:54
8. 07 - Per Iudicium Parium vel per Legem Terrae — 52:06
9. 08 - Magna Carta and the Common Law Pt. 1 — 35:05
10. 09 - Magna Carta and the Common Law Pt. 2 — 28:57
11. 10 - Magna Carta and the Common Law Pt. 3 — 34:15
12. 11 - Magna Carta and the Common Law Pt. 4 — 22:53
13. 12 - The Influence of Magna Carta on American Constitutional Development Pt. I — 58:20
14. 13 - The Influence of Magna Carta on American Constitutional Development Pts. II - IV — 34:40
15. 14 - Magna Carta and Spanish Medieval Jurisprudence — 29:01
16. 15 - Financial Records of the Reign of King John Pt. 1 — 25:32
17. 16 - Financial Records of the Reign of King John Pt. 2 — 23:54
18. 17 - Financial Records of the Reign of King John Pt. 3 — 25:43
19. 18 - Financial Records of the Reign of King John Pt. 4 — 21:35

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