Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of plates
- Preface to third edition
- Preface to second edition
- Preface to first edition
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 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
- Plate section
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of plates
- Preface to third edition
- Preface to second edition
- Preface to first edition
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 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
- Plate section
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- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Magna Carta , pp. 438 - 446Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015