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" Magna Carta / "
J.C. Holt, 1922-2014 ; revised and with a new introduction by George Garnett, Fellow and Tutor of St Hugh's College and Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford ; and John Hudson, Professor of Legal History, University of St. Andrews and William W. Cook Global Law Professor, University of Michigan Law School.
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838959
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Holt, J. C., (James Clarke),1922-2014
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Magna Carta /\ J.C. Holt, 1922-2014 ; revised and with a new introduction by George Garnett, Fellow and Tutor of St Hugh's College and Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford ; and John Hudson, Professor of Legal History, University of St. Andrews and William W. Cook Global Law Professor, University of Michigan Law School.
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Third edition.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :: Cambridge University Press,, 2015.
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xxii, 462 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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1107093163
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: 1107471575
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: 9781107093164
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: 9781107471573
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. The Charter and its history -- 2. Government and society in the twelfth century -- 3. Privilege and liberties -- 4. Custom and law -- 5. Justice and jurisdiction -- 6. Crisis and civil war -- 7. Quasi Pax -- 8. The quality of the Great Charter -- 9. The achievement of 1215 -- 10. From distraint to war -- 11. 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 Magna Carta, 1215 -- 12. Magna Carta, 1225 -- 13. Charter of the Forest, 1225 -- 14. Liberties and perpetuity.
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"A revised edition of J.C. Holt's classic study of Magna Carta, the Great Charter, offering the most authoritative analysis of England's most famous constitutional text. The book sets the events of 1215 and the Charter itself in the context of the law, politics and administration of England and Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries"--
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England., Magna Charta.
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HISTORY-- Europe-- Great Britain.
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Magna Carta.
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Magna Carta.
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342.4202/9
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KD3946.H65 2015
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HIS015000bisacsh
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HIS015000.bisacsh
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Garnett, George
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Hudson, John,1962-
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