New edition of J. C. Holt's study of Magna Carta, offering the most authoritative analysis of England's most famous constitutional text.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
