Lecture Vii.--Page 308

Charter of John, or the Great Charter (1215).

Three epochs in John's reign.

Formation of a coalition among the barons.

Civil war.

Conference at Runnymead.

Concession of the Great Charter.

Analysis of this Charter.

Its stipulations refer to national rights as well as to those of the barons.

John petitions and obtains from Innocent III. a bull to reverse the Great Charter.

Resistance of the English clergy.

Recommencement of the civil war (October, 1215).

Louis of France, son of Philip Augustus, is appealed to by the barons.

Death of John (October, 1216).