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The Latin text of Magna Carta (the 1217 issue of Henry III) is reproduced, together with a modern translation and an introduction which traces the background to the making of the charter and its subsequent revisions through the centuries. It also explains how this text has become an enduring symbol …

Pocket Magna Carta

1217 Text and Translation

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    64 pages

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    8 June 2016

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Summary

‘No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned, or dispossessed … except through the lawful judgment of his peers or through the law of the land.’

‘To no one shall we sell, to no one shall we deny or delay right or justice.’

Magna Carta (or ‘Great Charter’ of English Liberties) is one of the most important documents in legal history. Originating as a peace treaty agreed between King John and a group of powerful barons at Runnymede near Windsor on 15 June 1215, it enshrined in law the…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781851244522
ISBN-10:1851244522
Author:The Bodleian Library
Publisher:Bodleian Library
Imprint:Bodleian Library
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:64
Release Date:8 June 2016
Weight:102g
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The Bodleian Library

Bruce Barker-Benfield is a librarian in the Special Collections and Western Manuscripts Department at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.

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