Magna Carta: A Very Short Introduction

Vincent, Nicholas

ISBN 10: 0199582874 / ISBN 13: 9780199582877

Editore: Oxford University Press, 2012

Codice articolo GOR008991923

Riassunto:

The Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its origins in the troubled reign of King John, and tracing the significance of the role that it played thereafter as a totemic symbol of the subject's right to protection against the raw and absolute authority of the sovereign.

Drawing upon the great advances that have been made in the past two decades in our understanding of thirteenth-century English history, Nicholas Vincent demonstrates why the Magna Carta continues to be of enormous popular interest.

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Informazioni sull?autore: Nicholas Vincent recevied his first training in medeival history at Oxford, and has since held posts at Cambridge, Canterbury and Norwich. He divides his time between work in England and family in France.

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Titolo: Magna Carta: A Very Short Introduction
Casa editrice: Oxford University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Fine