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• Title : Magna Carta: The Foundation of Freedom 1215-2015
• Author : Nicholas Vincent
• Rating : 4.93 (262 Vote)
• Publish : 2014-12-21
• Format : Hardcover
• Pages : 195 Pages
• Asin : 1908990287
• Language : English

Eight hundred years ago King John of England was forced to seal a document of historic importance. As the first charter to grant individual liberties under the rule of law, protecting the people against tyranny, Magna Carta is the most influential and far-reaching legal text the world has ever kn

Eight hundred years ago King John of England was forced to seal a document of historic importance. As the first charter to grant individual liberties under the rule of law, protecting the people against tyranny, Magna Carta is the most influential and far-reaching legal text the world has ever known. For this book, published with the official support of the UK Magna Carta Trust and marking the eight hundredth anniversary of the charter's first issue, Professor Nicholas Vincent is joined by a range of experts on Magna Carta from across the world to reflect on the circumstances of its genesis and its enduring significance. Magna Carta was serially reinterpreted by later generations, becoming a totem in fierce political debates on the liberties of the people - it became a sacred text for English puritans of the Civil War, for the American patriots of the War of Independence, and for all those in the English-speaking world who have striven to buil

About the Author Nicholas Vincent is director of the Arts and Humanities Research Council s Magna Carta project and the author or coauthor of several books about the charter. He is professor of medieval history at the University of Anglia and a fellow of the British Academy.Anthony Musson is Professor of Legal History at the School of Law and a Director of the Bracton Centre for Legal History Research at the University of Exeter. He is also a Barrister of the Middle Temple and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.Justin Champion is a Reader of History at Royal Holloway, University of London.Joyce Lee Malcolm is Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law.Miles Taylor is Professor of Modern History at the University of York.

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He is professor of medieval history at the University of Anglia and a fellow of the British Academy.Anthony Musson is Professor of Legal History at the School of Law and a Director of the Bracton Centre for Legal History Research at the University of Exeter. Nicholas Vincent is director of the Arts and Humanities Research Council s Magna Carta project and the author or coauthor of several books about the charter. He is also a Barrister of the Middle Temple and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.Justin Champion is a Reader of History at Royal Holloway, University of London.