Andrew Payne

Magna Carta and the Emergence of

Parliament

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The Beauty of the Medieval Manuscript…

Pipe Roll 1214

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Cat Ref: E 372/60, rot 1d m1

An arrangement between John and Geoffrey of Mandeville

for marriage to Isabel Countess of Gloucester

Tax Collection Instructions 1225

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Cat Ref: C 66/32 m 6d

Assessment and collection of the tax

to the value of a fifteenth of moveable goods

Summons to Parliament 1265

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Cat Ref: C 54/82

Summons to de Montfort’s Parliament 1265

Orders from King John 1214

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Cat Ref: C 54/10

Confiscation of rebel barons’ lands

Why might chronicles be popular with teachers?

Why might chronicles be a problem?

How have we tackled this?

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Framing the Enquiry –

Why does Magna Carta keep coming back?

Setting the context and enquiry

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Interviews – context, instructions & interpretation

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Documents – evidence for the chronicle

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