History

• Magna Carta represents a pivotal event and text in British history - established the concept of civil liberties
• From King John to the present - no other general account has successfully covered its changing influence through the ages
• Relevance to 21st century politics - calls for a new Magna Carta to guard civil liberties and protect against central government excesses
• Evaluates changing interpretations of the Charter's meaning and impact
• Book includes strong illustrations: engravings, tomb sculptures, contemporary prints

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Magna Carta: disentangling history from myth
1. England under the Angevin kings: Henry II and his sons, Richard I and John
2. King John's reign
3. The making and unmaking of Magna Carta, 1215
4. The first century of Magna Carta
5. Magna Carta in the later middle ages and the Tudor period
6. Magna Carta's revival in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
7. Magna Carta in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
8. Magna Carta in the New World
Works cited in notes
Other useful works
Index

History of England  [LONGMAN UK IMPORTS]   (Western and World History)

Ralph Turner is a Professor at Florida State University. He is the author of King John (1994) and Richard the Lionheart (2000) and is an expert on both British and French History and the medieval period, having written widely on both rulers and the state.

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