J. C. Holt (University of Cambridge)

Magna Carta

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new edition of J. C. Holt's classic study of Magna Carta, offering the most authoritative analysis of England's most famous constitutional text. Suitable for scholars, history students, and the general reader, this outstanding study of the events of 1215 integrates analysis of personality, ideas, and political development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 3 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 498
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 720g
• ISBN-13: 9781107471573
• ISBN-10: 1107471575
• Artikelnr.: 42017738

Autorenporträt

Sir James Holt FBA was Professor of Medieval History, University of Cambridge, and Master of Fitzwilliam College from 1981-8. He died in 2014.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
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
References
Index.