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Selected readings and commentaries on Magna Carta : 1400-1604 / edited by John Baker.
Contributor(s): Baker, John H. (John Hamilton) [editor.]
| Selden Society [publisher.].Series: The publications of the Selden Society ; volume 132.Publisher: London : Selden Society, 2015Description: xcv, 402, 427 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780854232222.Subject(s): Magna Carta | Law -- Interpretation and construction -- History | Common law -- England -- History | Constitutional law -- England -- History | Law -- Great Britain -- History
Contents:
Preface -- List of manuscripts -- Abbreviations -- Table of statutes -- Table of cases -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Selected readings on Magna Carta 1400-1581 -- A fifteenth-century reading on the Articuli super Cartas -- Extract from the Preface to Richard Hesketh's Reading on the Carta de Foresta (c. 1506) -- Exracts [sic] from a Treatise on Magna Carta, probably by William Fletewood (c. 1558) -- Edward Coke's Memorandum on Chapter 29 (1604) -- Index.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal | House of Lords Library - Palace Westminster Archives | Reserve Dewey | RESERVE 342.29041 SEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 016694 |
Includes substantial number of texts translated from French to English.
Parallel English and French text pages 1-402, index 403-427.
Preface -- List of manuscripts -- Abbreviations -- Table of statutes -- Table of cases -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Selected readings on Magna Carta 1400-1581 -- A fifteenth-century reading on the Articuli super Cartas -- Extract from the Preface to Richard Hesketh's Reading on the Carta de Foresta (c. 1506) -- Exracts [sic] from a Treatise on Magna Carta, probably by William Fletewood (c. 1558) -- Edward Coke's Memorandum on Chapter 29 (1604) -- Index.
English and French text.
Original texts in Anglo-Norman (Law French) or Latin, with English translation.