Vincent, Nicholas. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (125-126) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199582877 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Magna Carta.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Constitutional history--England.<br/>Law--History.--England
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--History--13th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R AC 5  / V573 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>081