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Theme: Constitutional

    The Seamens’ Protestation, January 1642

    The Seamans’ Protestation Concerning their ebbing and flowing to and from the Parliament House, at Westminster: upon Tuesday the 11. day of January. 1642. Ordered, by the Vice-Admiral, to beRead More

    The Petition of Right, 1628

    Petition of Right (1628) The Petition of Right is often quoted as one of the steps towards a constitutional monarchy and advancement of the rights of parliament to approved allRead More

    340 Ancient Birthright

    By David Crowther 2 years agoApr 06, 2022 4 Comments

    In 1621 James tried to tread a narrow path to peace in Europe – through the instrument of a Marriage between the England and Spanish royal families. To have aRead More

    Sh 36e BCL Modernity and Beyond - Members Only

    The 19th and 20th centuries saw the gradual arrival of universal suffrage and the bogey man – democracy. We look at theories of the British constitution and the once livelyRead More

    Sh 36d BCL Enlightenment and Radicalism - Members Only

      The 18th century saw a sea change in the attitudes towards constitutional reform. Enlightenment ideas drove a desire to define and systematise; and meanwhile the growth of a desireRead More

    HiT Peterloo

    By David Crowther 3 years agoMay 23, 2021 1 Comments

      The massacre at St Peters Field in 1819 was a key date in the story of the development of democracy in Britain. Mike Leigh’s film sets out to restore that sense ofRead More

    Sh 36c BCL Revolutions - Members Only

    It all comes back to the 17th century really. At the start, a king who believes in the absolute divine right of kings, who calls parliament as he requires. AtRead More

    Sh 36b King in Parliament - Members Only

    The 14th to 16th centuries saw the increasingly professionalism of Common law, and the embedding of parliament at the centre of government. Jurists claimed that the people were sovereign, thoughRead More

    Sh 36a British Constitution and Law The Early Middle Ages - Members Only

      We discuss what a Constitution is; and then go in search of one and the development of justice in English Medieval history, from the Anglo Saxons to Edward IIRead More

    Transcript for Sh 36a

    Okally dokally then everyone. This shedcast owes its existence to a listener called Andrew, and appropriately through the operation of direct democracy, not a concept in which I have muchRead More

    Shedcast 23b Thomas Cromwell Revolution in Government - Members Only

    A Revolution in Government? Or an effective minister strengthening the power of his master, the king?

    Early Tudor Court

    The king was the government. His household was to serve all his needs – and provide a properly magnificent ceremonial setting for his glory and power.

    116 The Good Parliament and a Bad Death

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 17, 2016 4 Comments

    There were now unusual expecations for the parliament of 1376. But in fact a revolt from the Commons was brewing, dismayed by the failures of the war. The Good ParliamentRead More

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    90 How to hold a parliament

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 17, 2016 0 Comments

    The modus tenendi parliamentum is a very unusual document from around this time. It describes how parliaments should be held, but also includes a number of very interesting claims aboutRead More

    The Ordinances of 1311

    The attempt by the Barons to resolve differences they had Edward I and put an end to the crisis caused Piers Gaveston.

    The Coronation Oath of Edward II, 1308

    The oath is pretty standard; except ‘the just laws and customs that the community of your realm shall determine’. Now that’s very new – commitment to monarchy not monarch.

    Writ of summons to Parliament, 1295

    The parliament of 1295 was sandwiched between war with France and with Scotland, and the king needed money. Edward I was not above pushing the panic button and appealing to patriotism.

    Selected Laws of Ine, 688-695

    The 8th century laws of Ine say much about society, and how the concept of kingship is developing.

    Selected laws of Aethelbert of Kent, 601-604

    The laws of King Æthelbert of Kent are the first surviving example we have of Anglo Saxon law codes.

    The Provisions of Westminster, 1259

    The Provisions of Westminster set into law the reforms of the rebels, outside the constitutional matters covered by the Provisions of Oxford. In fact, Henry III and Edward I wereRead More

    The Song of Lewes, 1264

    This is part of a book for which copyright has expired, digitised by Google. There are a few passages that haven’t digitized very well. Where, with my limited Latin, IRead More

    The Forest Charter, 1217

    So here’s the reason why Magna Carta is Magna – because of this, smaller, Forest Charter. The Royal Forest really ticked off anyone who wasn’t the king. At times, RoyalRead More

    The Provisions of Oxford, 1258

    The Provisions of Oxford are one of the most radical documents in English history, if such a sentence means anything – they were such a change from the medieval wayRead More

    Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties of King John, 1215

    Text in blue is mine. *means that the clause was withdrawn from later re-issues of the charter @means that the clause is still valid under later charters, but with someRead More

    The Charter of Liberties of Henry II, 1154

    Henry feels much more confident of his position than many previous kings – such as Stephen, or Henry I. So his coronation charter contains no great detail, gives away noRead More

    The Charter of Liberties of Stephen

    In essence, this is a Coronation Charter. Stephen arrived on the throne without too much debate or trouble, given the problems that were later to arise. However, there would alwaysRead More

    The Charter of Liberties of Henry I, 1100

    Henry arrived on the throne very unsure of himself and his rights, because of the claims of his elder brother. So his charter is more specific than many others, andRead More

    The Coronation Oath of King Edgar, 975

    The Coronation Oath, or Charter of Liberties as they were often called, defined the meaning of kingship. In Edgar’s time there are three basic commitments; later kings would add aRead More

    75 Nemesis

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 17, 2016 12 Comments

    In April 1265 Gilbert de Clare had left court in something of a huff. De Montfort was well aware that if he lost de Clare, his whole hold on powerRead More

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    74 The Wheel of Fortune

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 4 Comments

     In 1264 when De Montfort set out from London he would have been conscious that this was a last throw; after losses to the Royalists in the midlands his onlyRead More

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    73 Return of the Jedi

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 9 Comments

    In 1262, it looked for all the world as though the royal party was back in control and the whole struggle for reform was over. But that was before youRead More

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    72 The Empire Strikes Back

    By Cerdic 11 years agoSep 17, 2016 3 Comments

     Things looked pretty good for the reformers in 1259; but at the heart of the reform movement were fault lines that weakened them, and made them vulnerable. The differing aimsRead More

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    71 Enter the Leopard

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 1 Comments

    We sort of get back to the political narrative this week, but only sort of. We discuss the young prince, Edward, who will be one of England's most famous kingsRead More

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    66 The Road to Revolution

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 3 Comments

    In 1258, the resentments all came together and the pot boiled over. The pope Alexander did his vassal no favours what so ever by pushing so hard that Henry hadRead More

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    59 Magna Carta and the Death of a Tyrant

    By Cerdic 12 years agoSep 17, 2016 18 Comments

    Bouvines wasn't the cause of the Baronial revolt, but it probably was John's last chance to avoid it. In 1215 at Runymede Magna Carta was signed. It's extremely unlikely thatRead More

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Resources

Family Trees

  • Family Trees: Normandy and the Angevins, 1066 – 1225 May 22, 2011

Maps

  • Maps: Eleanor of Aquitaine November 25, 2018
  • Maps: 1100 – 1300 Europe August 10, 2014
  • Maps: 1000 – 1225 May 22, 2011

Articles

  • Medieval Castles November 26, 2017
  • Medieval tournaments illustrated glossary June 5, 2017
  • St Bartholomew the Great June 3, 2017
  • Medieval Prices and Wages December 14, 2016
  • Economic and Social History Charts 1000-1485 September 8, 2012
  • Drawings of Matthew Paris May 5, 2012
  • Heraldy – Arms of the big medieval families May 5, 2012
  • Feast Days in Medieval England April 7, 2012

Original Sources

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine pleads for the release of her Son, 1193 October 27, 2012
  • The Treaty of Westminster, 1153 October 27, 2012
  • The Forest Charter, 1217 October 27, 2012
  • Magna Carta: The Great Charter of Liberties of King John, 1215 October 27, 2012
  • The Assize of Clarendon, 1166 October 27, 2012
  • The Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164 October 27, 2012
  • The Character of Henry II October 27, 2012
  • The Charter of Liberties of Henry II, 1154 October 27, 2012
  • A 12th Century Village October 27, 2012

Quiz

  • William the Marshal end of Shedcast Quiz August 16, 2020
  • The Ladybird matching quiz July 14, 2017
  • Tournament Quiz June 18, 2017

Books

  • Books for Eleanor of Aquitaine December 2, 2018
  • Historical Podcasts you might like April 30, 2011
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