Magna Carta: A Central European Perspective of Our Common Heritage of Freedom

Author: Zbigniew Rau; Przemyslaw Zurawski vel Grajewski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138848528

Published In: April 2016
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781138848542

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To mark the 800th anniversary of the ratification of the Magna Carta by King John at Runneymead, Magna Carta provides the Central and Eastern European perspectives on this monumental document and its impact on the political and legal experiences of freedom, from the medieval period to the present day.

The volume gives rise to a discussion about the legacy of the Magna Carta as one of the fundamental elements of European identity. Supported by previously untranslated sources at the end of each chapter, the team of contributors consider the lasting legacy of the Magna Carta in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Lithuania.

The authors present the successful attempts to limit royal power by law while protecting the privileges of the nobility carried out throughout the region from the 13th to 18th centuries.

Each chapter considers the historical and political contexts behind these efforts, the processes by which political and legal institutions were subsequently formed and finally examines the legacy of those institutions which are today found in consitutional identities, constitutional arrangements and political projects across Central and Eastern Europe. A preface by Robert Blackburns draws the collection together, highlighting the continued universal significance of the Magna Carta.

This original title will enable students and academics alike to see for themselves the reverberations the Magna Carta caused in medieval Europe and beyond from a fresh and unusual perspective.

Preface by Robert Blackburn Acknowledgements List of Contributors

1. Why Do We Central Europeans Celebrate the Anniversary of Magna Carta? Introductory Remarks Zbigniew Rau, Marek Tracz-Tryniecki, Przemyslaw Zurawski vel Grajewski

2. a) The Hungarian experience of freedom - the tradition of the Golden Bull Attila K. Molnar and Levente Volgyesi b) The Hungarian Sources

3. a) King, Estates and the Czech Crown. The Legal Sources of the Ideas of Freedom in the Medieval and Early Modern Czech Lands Jana Janisova - Dalibor Janis b) The Czech Sources

4. a) The nobility's privileges and the formation of civil liberties in old Poland Dorota Malec b) The Polish Sources

5. a) Ruling by Law and by Consent: Monarchy and Noble Estate in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Arturas Vasiliauskas b) The Lithuanian Sources