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Magna Carta : a very short introduction / Nicholas Vincent.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 321.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 136 p. ; 18 cmISBN:
  • 9780199582877
Uniform titles:
  • Very short introductions
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 081
LOC classification:
  • R AC 5 V573
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Referencia Referencia (1er. Piso) R AC 5 V573 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000079278

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.

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