Magna Carta / J.C. Holt,1922-2014 ; revised and with a new introduction by George Garnett, fellow and tutor of St Hugh's College and Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford, and John Hudson, professor of Legal History, University of St Andrews and William W. Cook Global Law Professor, University of Michigan Law School.
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Title
Magna Carta / J.C. Holt,1922-2014 ; revised and with a new introduction by George Garnett, fellow and tutor of St Hugh's College and Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford, and John Hudson, professor of Legal History, University of St Andrews and William W. Cook Global Law Professor, University of Michigan Law School.
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Call Number
JN147 .H64 2015
Edition
Third edition.
ISBN
9781107093164 (hardback)
1107093163 (hardback)
9781107471573 (paperback)
1107471575 (paperback)
1107093163 (hardback)
9781107471573 (paperback)
1107471575 (paperback)
Description
xxii, 462 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
40025045037
System Control No.
(OCoLC)896806810
Summary
"A revised edition of J. C. Holt's classic study of Magna Carta, the Great Charter, offering the most authoritative analysis of England's most famous constitutional text. The book sets the events of 1215 and the Charter itself in the context of the law, politics and administration of England and Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-446) and index.
Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Added Author
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
List of plates
ix
Preface to third edition
xi
Preface to second edition
xiv
Preface to first edition
xvi
Acknowledgements
xviii
Abbreviations
xix
Introduction / John Hudson
1
1.
The Charter and its history
33
2.
Government and society in the twelfth century
49
3.
Privilege and liberties
69
4.
Custom and law
88
5.
Justice and jurisdiction
124
6.
Crisis and civil war
174
7.
Quasi Pax
210
8.
The quality of the Great Charter
232
9.
The achievement of 1215
254
10.
From distraint to war
291
11.
The re-issues and the beginning of the myth
314
Appendices
1.
The meeting at Bury St Edmunds, 1214
335
2.
Notification of Thomas count of Perche, February 1215
340
3.
Triplex forma pads
341
4.
The `unknown' charter
345
5.
The Articles of the Barons
356
6.
Magna Carta, 1215
373
7.
Translations of the Charters
399
8.
The Twenty-Five barons of Magna Carta, 1215
402
9.
The date of the London treaty
405
10.
The Oxford Council, 16--23 July 1215
407
11.
Select documents illustrative of the history of Magna Carta, 1215
412
12.
Magna Carta, 1225
420
13.
Charter of the Forest, 1225
429
14.
Liberties and perpetuity
434
References
438
Index
447