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Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter: 1 (The Landmark Library)

Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter: 1 (The Landmark Library)

by Dan Jones (Author)

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Synopsis

On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world.

A milestone in the development of constitutional politics and the rule of law, the 'Great Charter' established an Englishman's right to Habeas Corpus and set limits to the exercise of royal power. For the first time a group of subjects had forced an English king to agree to a document that limited his powers by law and protected their rights.

Dan Jones's elegant and authoritative narrative of the making and legacy of Magna Carta is amplified by profiles of the barons who secured it and a full text of the charter in both Latin and English.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 14 Dec 2017
ISBN 10: 1786695960
ISBN 13: 9781786695963

Media Reviews
'Dan Jones addresses what the Magna Carta meant at the time and what it should mean to us' Military History Monthly.
'Jones deftly condenses a wealth of historical detail into the story of how it became hallowed as a founding document of the western traditions of liberty, democracy and rule of law' The Times.
Author Bio

Dan Jones is a broadcaster, award-winning journalist and pioneer of the resurgence of interest in medieval history. He is the bestselling author of Summer of Blood, The Plantagenets, Realm Divided, The Templars and Crusaders. He lives in London.