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Pocket Magna Carta: 1217 Text and Translation

Hardback

Main Details

Title Pocket Magna Carta: 1217 Text and Translation
Authors and Contributors      Edited by The Bodleian Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 155,Width 100
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
ISBN/Barcode 9781851244522
ClassificationsDewey:342.42029
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Bodleian Library
Imprint Bodleian Library
Publication Date 1 April 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'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 concept of individual liberty and defined the role of the monarch towards the people. The charter was successively revised and reissued throughout the thirteenth century by England's monarchs, and the ideas expressed in it had a profound influence, as seen in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. The Latin text of one version of this landmark document (the 1217 issue of Henry III) is transcribed here in full, 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 of freedom in Britain and throughout the world.

Author Biography

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