The Magna Charta
James Daugherty brings his own passion for freedom's story to this wonderful saga of the thirteenth century. Daugherty devotes the last part of the book to a history of the "documents" of freedom.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0964380358
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 44
- Pages
- 181
- Suggested Grades
- 7th - 9th
- Geographical Setting
- England
- Historical Setting
- 1167 - 1216
- Publisher
- Beautiful Feet
- Copyright
- 1984
- Written
- 1956
Chapters
- 1:1 Prologue: The Magic Island; Living in the Twelfth Century
- 1:2 Castles and Cathedrals
- 2:1 The Laughable Adventure of the Irishmen's Whiskers
- 2:2 How King Richard Was Crowned and Went Upon the Third Crusade
- 2:3 Of How John Tarried in England and of Richard's Return
- 2:4 The Treasure of Chalus
- 3:1 Of How John Was Made King
- 3:2 A Great Lady
- 3:3 The Sheriff of Nottingham and the Men in Lincoln Green
- 3:4 Of How King John Lost His Lands Across the Water
- 3:5 A Call to Arms
- 3:6 How the King's Purpose Was Prevented
- 3:7 Of How Langton Was Made Archbishop and How John Forbade Him the Kingdom
- 3:8 The Hands of Rage and Cruelty
- 3:9 The Great Assembly at Barham Down
- 3:10 Of How King John Surrendered His Kingdom
- 3:11 Of How the King of France Was Greatly Discomfited
- 3:12 Of How the King Greatly Humbled Himself
- 3:13 How Stephen Langton Found King Henry's Charter
- 3:14 Of How Philip Smote His Enemies & King John's Return to England
- 3:15 Of How King John Denied His Barons
- 3:16 How John Deceitfully Gave Consent to the Charter
- 3:17 Runnymede, June 15, 1215
- 3:18 How King John Hid Himself and Laid Plots Against the Barons
- 3:19 The Siege of Rochester
- 3:20 Of How the Pope Rebuked the King's Enemies
- 3:21 Louis Invades England
- 3:22 How the Earth and the Sea Overtook the King
- 3:23 How Stephen Langton Waited in Rome
- 3:24 Hubert de Burgh's Great Victory
- 3:25 The Treaty of Lambeth
- 4:1 How Charters Came to America
- 4:2 The Mayflower Compact
- 4:3 The American Colonists Wrote a Charter
- 4:4 The Times That Try Men's Souls
- 4:5 In Order to Form a More Perfect Union
- 4:6 This Country Belongs to the People
- 4:7 Women Are Citizens
- 4:8 A New Magna Charta for the American Republics
- 4:9 The Covenant of the League of Nations
- 4:10 The Four Essential Freedoms
- 4:11 The Atlantic Charter
- 4:12 Declaration by the United Nations
- 4:13 The United Nations Charter
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