TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vincent,Nicholas
TI  - Magna Carta: a very short introduction 
T2  - Very short introductions
SN  - 9780199582877
AV  - R AC 5 V573
U1  - 081 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Magna Carta
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - England
KW  - Law
KW  - History
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - 13th century
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -