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Pocket Magna Carta: 1217 Text and Translation
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Hardcover. The Latin text of Magna Carta (the 1217 issue of Henry III) is reproduced, 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. Editor(s): Bodleian Library. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 100. .
`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 ... Read more
`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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
100g
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851244522
SKU
V9781851244522
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Various
Bruce Barker-Benfield is a librarian in the Special Collections and Western Manuscripts Department at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
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