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

London : Constable & Robinson Ltd., 2008.

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Magna Carta.

Constitutional history -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- History.

1. The brothers Plantagenet --2. The smack of firm government --3. Churchmen, charters and politics --4. The road to disaster --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 --11. Timetable of a crisis --12. The making of a charter --13. A charter for war --14. Charters, liberties and power --15. The European dimension --16. Myths of liberty --17. An old charter in new worlds and new times.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781845295059

xxiii, 334 p. : ill. ; 20 cm