Magna Carta

By Nicholas Vincent

Subjects: Politics and government, Droit, Magna carta, Magna Carta, Rezeption, England, Statsrätt, Politique et gouvernement, Constitutional history, great britain, Histoire, Verfassung, Law, Historia, Grundlagar, History, Constitutional history

Description: The Magna Carta is arguably the greatest constitutional document in recorded history, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction, which 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. - Publisher.