Magna Carta : a very short introduction /
Vincent, Nicholas.
Magna Carta : a very short introduction / Nicholas Vincent. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 136 p. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; n.321 . - Very short introductions ; 321. .
Includes bibliographical references (125-126) and index.
1. In Good King Edward's golden days -- 2. Angevin kingship: making and breaking royal law -- 3. King John's 'little ways' -- 4. The road to Runnymede -- 5. The charter defeated: the charter victorious -- 6. The charter as totem and as artefact.
Includes a full English translation of the 1215 Magna Carta, introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its origins in the troubled reign of King John, and tracing the significant role that it played thereafter as a symbol of the subject's right to protection against the absolute authority of the sovereign. Drawing upon the great advances that have been made in our understanding of thirteenth-century English history, Nicholas Vincent demonstrates why the Magna Carta remains hugely significant today.
9780199582877
Magna Carta.
Constitutional history--England.
Law--History.--England
Great Britain--History--13th century.
R AC 5 / V573
081
Magna Carta : a very short introduction / Nicholas Vincent. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 136 p. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; n.321 . - Very short introductions ; 321. .
Includes bibliographical references (125-126) and index.
1. In Good King Edward's golden days -- 2. Angevin kingship: making and breaking royal law -- 3. King John's 'little ways' -- 4. The road to Runnymede -- 5. The charter defeated: the charter victorious -- 6. The charter as totem and as artefact.
Includes a full English translation of the 1215 Magna Carta, introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its origins in the troubled reign of King John, and tracing the significant role that it played thereafter as a symbol of the subject's right to protection against the absolute authority of the sovereign. Drawing upon the great advances that have been made in our understanding of thirteenth-century English history, Nicholas Vincent demonstrates why the Magna Carta remains hugely significant today.
9780199582877
Magna Carta.
Constitutional history--England.
Law--History.--England
Great Britain--History--13th century.
R AC 5 / V573
081