John Fortescue (c. 1394–c. 1479)

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John Fortescue (c. 1394–c. 1479) was an English jurist and political thinker best known for his influential writings on English common law and the nature of monarchy, particularly during the Wars of the Roses.

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instanceOf Chancellor of England in exile ⓘ
English jurist ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of England ⓘ
legal writer ⓘ
political thinker ⓘ
arguedFor independence of judges ⓘ
protection of property rights ⓘ
trial by jury ⓘ
birthDate circa 1394 ⓘ
comparedWith civil law systems of continental Europe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate circa 1479 ⓘ
educatedAt Lincoln’s Inn ⓘ
linked to: Lincoln's Inn

University of Cambridge ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional thought ⓘ
law ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
genre legal treatise ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
historicalPeriod Wars of the Roses ⓘ
influenced early modern theories of mixed monarchy ⓘ
later English constitutional thought ⓘ
knownFor defence of English legal institutions ⓘ
theory of limited monarchy ⓘ
writings on English common law ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
legalSystemDiscussed English common law ⓘ
linked to: English law
memberOf Lincoln’s Inn ⓘ
linked to: Lincoln's Inn
monarchServed Henry VI of England ⓘ
name John Fortescue ⓘ
notableWork De Laudibus Legum Angliae ⓘ
De Natura Legis Naturae ⓘ
The Governance of England ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
placeOfActivity England ⓘ
France ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of England (Lancastrian exile court) ⓘ
Chief Justice of the King’s Bench ⓘ
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ⓘ
supportedFaction House of Lancaster ⓘ
theoreticalConcept distinction between absolute and limited monarchy ⓘ
dominium politicum et regale ⓘ
primacy of law over royal will ⓘ

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John Fortescue (c. 1394–c. 1479) → name → John Fortescue ⓘ
linked to: John Fortescue (c. 1394–c. 1479)
Groom of the Stool → positionHeldBy → Sir John Fortescue ⓘ
linked to: John Fortescue (c. 1394–c. 1479)