A Brief History of Magna Carta, 2nd Edition
The Origins of Liberty from Runnymede to Washington
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 February 2015
Summary
2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, the influence of which is still felt today around the world. In 1215 the barons of England forced King John to sign a revolutionary document which would change the political landscape not only of thirteenth-century Britain, but of the modern world. Magna Carta was the forerunner of the constitution that limited the powers of the crown and its echoes can be found in the seventeenth-century Civil Wars, the struggles for American In…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472118677 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472118677 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Hindley |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 26 February 2015 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Brief Histories |
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About The Author
Geoffrey Hindley
Geoffrey Hindley, educated at Kingswood School, Bath and University College Oxford, is a lecturer and writer. He was three times an invited participant at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University; was visiting associate professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville; and has lectured in Europe and America in European culture, Medieval social history and Magna Carta, and the history of music. From 1994 to 2000 he taught English Civilization at the University of Le Havre. He is also co-president of the Society for the History of Medieval Technology and Science of Oxford and London. His many books include The Shaping of Europe, England in the Age of Caxton, The Book of Magna Carta, A Brief History of the Crusades and A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons.
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