Calvin's Case (1608), which, it was claimed, proved on the authority of Coke and Bacon that subjects of the King are by no means necessarily subjects of Parliament." - Meaning and context.">
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Chapter V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 225
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The most powerful presentations were based on legal precedents, especially Calvin's Case (1608), which, it was claimed, proved on the authority of Coke and Bacon that subjects of the King are by no means necessarily subjects of Parliament.

— Bernard Bailyn

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The most powerful presentations were based on legal precedents, especially Calvin's Case (1608), which, it was claimed, proved on the authority of Coke and Bacon that subjects of the King are by no means necessarily subjects of Parliament." in the context of "Chapter V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 225" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bernard Bailyn

About Bernard Bailyn

Bernard Bailyn (September 9, 1922 – 7 August 2020), was an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History. He was a professor at Harvard from 1953 and won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice, in 1968 and 1987.