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A brief history of the Magna Carta : the story of the origins of liberty / Geoffrey Hindley.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Hindley, Geoffrey
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Robinson, 2008.
Series:	Brief history of.
Subjects:	Magna Carta. Constitutional history > England. Great Britain > History > John, 1199-1216. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1154-1399. Constitutional history. Politics and government England. Great Britain. History.

Table of Contents:

Chronology: The Life of King John and the First Century of the Charter
pt. I. Routes to Runnymede
1. The Brothers Plantagenet
2. The Smack of Firm Government
3. Churchmen, Charters and Politics
4. The Road to Disaster
pt. II. The Community of England and Its Neighbours
5. The Order of Nobility
6. London, Cities, Towns and Communes
7. Communities of the Forest
8. The Community of Jewry
9. The Community of Women
10. Lordships, Charters and Hostages: John's Dealings with the Celtic Realms
pt. III. Crisis Charter to Legal Charter
11. Timetable of a Crisis
12. The Making of a Charter
13. A Charter for War
14. Charters, Liberties and Power
pt. IV. Law, Legend and Talisman
15. The European Dimension
16. Myths of Liberty
17. An Old Charter in New Worlds and New Times
Chronology: From the 'Confirmation of the Charters' to the Present
Appendix. The Charter of Liberties Granted by King John in 1215.