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Magna Carta / J.C. Holt.

Holt, J. C. (James Clarke), 1922-2014 (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780521277785
ISBN: 0521277787
Physical Description: xxii, 553 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Copyright: ©1992

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-530) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Charter and its history -- Government and society in the twelfth century -- Privilege and liberties -- Justice and jurisdiction -- Crisis and civil war -- Quasi pax -- The quality of the Great Charter -- The achievement of 1215 -- From distraint to war -- The re-issues and the beginning of the myth -- Appendices. 1. The meeting at Bury St Edmunds, 1214 ; 2. Notification of Thomas count of Perche, February 1215 ; 3. Triplex forma pacis ; 4. The 'unknown' charter ; 5. The Articles of the Barons ; 6. Magna Carta, 1215 ; 7. Translations of the Charters ; 8. The twenty-five barons of Magna Carta, 1215 ; 9. The date of the London treaty ; 10. The Oxford Council, 16-23 July 1215 ; 11. Select documents illustrative of the history of the Magna Carta, 1215 ; 12. Magna Carta, 1225 ; 13. Charter of the Forest, 1225 ; 14. Liberties and perpetuity.