Magna Carta : the birth of liberty /
Dan Jones.
- xii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.
I: Origins. -- The devil's brood -- Lionheart and Softsword -- Interdict and intimidation -- Crisis and catastrophe -- II: Opposition. -- Trouble at the temple -- Taking the cross -- Confrontation -- London -- III: The rule of law. -- Runnymede -- The Magna Carta -- England under siege -- Endgame -- IV: Afterlife. -- The Magna Carta reborn -- Then and now -- Appendix A: The text of the Magna Carta, 1215 -- Appendix B: The enforcers of the Magna Carta -- Appendix C: Eight hundred years of the Magna Carta.
9780525428299 (hc.) 0525428291 (hc.)
2016295239
Constitutional history--England. Civil rights--History. Law--History.--England Civil rights. Constitutional history. Law.
Great Britain--History--John, 1199-1216. Great Britain--History. England. Great Britain.