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- Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights
- Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Magna Carta, Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights in England
- 1 Magna Carta
- 2 From Magna Carta to the Abridgements
- 3 How to Get Rid of a King
- 4 Illuminating Magna Carta
- 5 Revolution Principles and the Revolution Bench
- Part II Broader Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights in England
- Part III Magna Carta, Challenges to Authority and the Recognition (and Rejection) of Rights beyond England
- Index
2 - From Magna Carta to the Abridgements
The Naturalization of Benefit of Clergy
from Part I - Magna Carta, Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights in England
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2018
- Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights
- Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Magna Carta, Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights in England
- 1 Magna Carta
- 2 From Magna Carta to the Abridgements
- 3 How to Get Rid of a King
- 4 Illuminating Magna Carta
- 5 Revolution Principles and the Revolution Bench
- Part II Broader Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of Rights in England
- Part III Magna Carta, Challenges to Authority and the Recognition (and Rejection) of Rights beyond England
- Index
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- Challenges to Authority and the Recognition of RightsFrom Magna Carta to Modernity, pp. 37 - 54Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018