LS101 Lecture Notes - Simon Schama, Peter Linebaugh, Bourgeoisie
15 Dec 2013
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Session 8: magna carta customs, commons, and. Magna carta signed by king john (1215: king john. Son of henry ii, brother of richard i (first born son) Members of the angevin dynasty (anjou, france) Ruled england, half of france, part of ireland. Fought for and lost normandy and anjou (his lost contributed to why we have the magna carta) Believed that securing loyalty by his people and nobility would need cruelty. Controlled and exploited barons (the nobility), at one point he took the first born sons of the barons and hung them, hounded widows, threw them in prison. This ultimately led to a rebellion and the defeat of normandy. The barons unified to force upon the magna carta which limits the authority of the king and ultimately their own as well. Magna carta spelled out the fundamental belief that the law is an independent power, free from the king and the king himself cannot violate it.
