Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in English history and one of the most popular exhibits at The British Library. But despite this fame, the reinterpretations made of it since 1215 have tended to obscure its real meaning for King John and his baronial opponents. Magna Carta was not intended to be a lasting declaration of legal principle, still less an embryonic code of human rights. It was a practical solution to a political crisis and it served the interests of the highest ranks of feudal society by reasserting the power of custom to limit arbitrary behaviour by the king. This book explores the context in which Magna Carta was issued to discover what it really meant to its creators and how it came to be an iconic historical document.
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: F/ F/ND. y 1st Edn. 1st Imp. British Library Publishing Division, 2002-07-31. 1st Edn. 1st Imp. F/F/ND. Box X29 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2002.* Publisher: The British Library.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers showing a page from the Magna Carta & a portrait of King John. White titles to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, shelf wear or reading creases to spine or boards or to hinge. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or marks to text. No tanning or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Col. & b/w photos to every page throughout. * Pages: 54 pp. text. ii pp. reading list & index at rear.* Product Description:- No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions ? nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice. These statements, buried deep in the text of King John's Magna Carta, lie at the root of its fame today, but they were not central to its original purpose. This book explores the roles of the protagonists involved in the creation of Magna Carta in 1215 and describes the political situation in England at the time.* This is a FINE text copy of the 1st./1st. with no visible faults AS NEW.* 0 56 pp. 2002-07-31. n. Codice articolo 9244