HW21

Magna Carta Paragraph Assignment

 

Everyone has heard it sometime, the phrase, "he steals from the rich, to give to the poor."  That, of course, is a reference to Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men.  What many do not know is that there has been a lot, and I do mean a lot, of serious scholarship and research into the "tales" of Robin Hood.  In some of the tellings, the bad Prince John in the story is associated with the English King John, signer of the Magna Carta, who is viewed as the bad guy who unjustly stole the throne from his good brother, Richard the Lion-Hearted while Richard was away on the Third Crusade. There have been a number of motion picture portrayals of Robin Hood, notably by Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).  Here is an ok photo of Errol Flynn as Robin Hood.

Read the Magna Carta document excerpt (along with the short document notes and the study questions) and answer the following question in a paragraph:Citing specific evidence from the Magna Carta (not from the textbook), was the Magna Carta a revolutionary document?

 Your paragraph should be about one-half page in length, double-spaced with one-inch margins, font size 10 or 12; it should contain a concise topic sentence (sentence 1) that directly responds to the assigned question (no need to define terms or cite a dictionary), and you should use direct, quoted material to support your points.  Your last sentence should be a conclusion.