01720cam a2200313 4500 10282 20230411085743.0 060907s2012 nyu eng funglode10363 9780199582877 R AC 5 V573 081 GRAL 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 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. Magna Carta. Constitutional history England. Law England History. Great Britain History 13th century. Very short introductions n.321 Very short introductions ; 321. lcc bk 106980 106980 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF BJB BJB REF 2019-02-17 0 R AC 5 V573 00000079278 2019-02-17 00:00:00 1 2019-02-17 bk