Title: Magna Carta
Description: The Magna Carta is arguably the greatest constitutional document in recorded history, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction, which includes a full English translation of the 1215 Magna Carta, introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its origins in the troubled reign of King John, and tracing the significant role that it played thereafter as a symbol of the subject's right to protection against the absolute authority of the sovereign. Drawing upon the great advances that have been made in our understanding of thirteenth-century English history, Nicholas Vincent demonstrates why the Magna Carta remains hugely significant today. - Publisher.
Subjects: Magna carta, Constitutional history, great britain, Constitutional history, Law, History, Politics and government, Droit, Histoire, Politique et gouvernement, Rezeption, Verfassung, Statsrätt, Historia, Grundlagar, England