J. C. Holt

Magna Carta

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 498
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 867g
• ISBN-13: 9781107093164
• ISBN-10: 1107093163
• Artikelnr.: 42200173

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.