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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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