Magna Carta / J. C. Holt, 1922-2014 ; revised and with a new introduction by George Garnett, Fellow and Tutor of St Hugh's College and Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford; and John Hudson, Professor of Legal History, University of St. Andrews and William W. Cook Global Law Professor, University of Michigan Law School.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

contents note:
Introduction;
1. The Charter and its history;
2. Government and society in the twelfth century;
3. Privilege and liberties;
4. Custom and law;
5. Justice and jurisdiction;
6. Crisis and civil war;
7. Quasi Pax;
8. The quality of the Great Charter;
9. The achievement of 1215;
10. From distraint to war;
11. The re-issues and the beginning of the myth;
Appendices;
References;
Index.

"A revised edition of J. C. Holt's classic study of Magna Carta, the Great Charter, offering the most authoritative analysis of England's most famous constitutional text. The book sets the events of 1215 and the Charter itself in the context of the law, politics and administration of England and Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries"-- Provided by publisher.