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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.
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Magna Carta : a very short introduction, Nicholas Vincent
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2012
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- Titel
- Magna Carta : a very short introduction
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Nicholas Vincent
- Verlag
- Oxford University Press
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2012
- Einband
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0199582874
- ISBN13
- 9780199582877
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Historisches Thema, Geschichte, Politikwissenschaft, Rechtsthematik, Politik, Mittelalter
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- Beschreibung
- 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.