Tim Thornton

The Royal Charters of Jersey, 1341-1687 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An edition and translation, with introduction and extended commentary, of all the royal charters granted to Jersey.

Examines the process by which the charters were negotiated and the pressures operating on the parties to each grant, including the crown and its local representatives, and the various elements of the local community. It compares and contrasts the charters with those granted to Guernsey, and sets them in the wider context of franchises and liberties across the territories of the English crown through the late medieval and early modern period.

Overall, the book highlights the crucial role of these charters in establishing the constitutional position of the bailiwick of Jersey. This is more than a subject of historical interest in that the unusual constitutional position of Jersey and other crown dependencies continues to exist, has huge relevance for companies and people seeking offshore jurisdiction and continues to evolve. The implications of Brexit have increased interest in the distinctive position of Jersey and the other crown dependencies, and in their right to be governed by their own laws and customs, exempt from English taxation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781805431374
• Artikelnr.: 72270577

Autorenporträt

Tim Thornton is Deputy Vice-Chancellor of and a Professor of History at the University of Huddersfield. He is the author, amongst other works, of Cheshire and the Tudor State, 1480-1560 (2000), Prophecy, Politics and the People in Early Modern England (2006) and The Channel Islands, 1370-1640 (2012), all published by Boydell and Brewer.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Edward III: 1341 Richard II: 1378 Richard II: 1394 Henry IV:
1400 Henry V: 1414 Henry VI: 1442 Edward IV: 1469 Richard III: 1484 Henry
VII: 1486 Henry VIII: 1510 Edward VI: 1548 Elizabeth: 1562 James I: 1604
Charles I: 1627 Charles II: 1662 James II: 1687 Postscript Bibliography
Index