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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450930903321

Autore

Turner Ralph V.

Titolo

Magna Carta : through the ages / / Ralph V. Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-315-83746-3

1-317-87394-7

1-317-87395-5

1-281-38439-9

9786611384395

1-4082-1133-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Disciplina

942.033

Soggetti

Constitutional history - England

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; LIST OF PLATES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHRONOLOGY; introduction MAGNA CARTA: DISENTANGLING HISTORY FROM MYTH; chapter 1 ENGLAND UNDER THE ANGEVIN KINGS: HENRY II AND HIS SONS, RICHARD I AND JOHN; chapter 2 THE REIGN OF KING JOHN, 1199-1216; chapter 3 THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF MAGNA CARTA, 1215-16; chapter 4 THE FIRST CENTURY OF MAGNA CARTA; chapter 5 MAGNA CARTA IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES AND THE TUDOR PERIOD; chapter 6 MAGNA CARTA'S REVIVAL IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY AND AFTER; chapter 7 MAGNA CARTA IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES

chapter 8 MAGNA CARTA IN THE NEW WORLDAPPENDIX: MAGNA CARTA, 1215 TEXT IN TRANSLATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Magna Carta holds a special place in the popular imagination of the English. This, the first major book to explore the great political vision that lay behind it, uncovers the mystery of its origins, and charts its enduring relevance through the centuries.