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This is an interesting read.
It does not focus on the politics of 1215, except in brief in the last chapter or so, but looks at what England itself was like in John's reign, and why there was a need felt for such a radical document.
It also, incidentally, indicates why when John was succeeded by a regency for a minor (generally disaster in the medieval period) in 1216, it was an improvement. ...more
It does not focus on the politics of 1215, except in brief in the last chapter or so, but looks at what England itself was like in John's reign, and why there was a need felt for such a radical document.
It also, incidentally, indicates why when John was succeeded by a regency for a minor (generally disaster in the medieval period) in 1216, it was an improvement. ...more
Generally, a great introduction to the social context and the 'world' of the Magna Carta, everything from Political Culture, to Law and Order, rural and social life.
An era that saw the birth of the English Legal system, and the establishment of Europe's Great Universities and centres of learning- of which one was said to have been home to the legendary female physician, Trotula.
Only the chapter on the 'Wider World'-which inevitably includes the Crusades did I have some argument with. Saladin w ...more
An era that saw the birth of the English Legal system, and the establishment of Europe's Great Universities and centres of learning- of which one was said to have been home to the legendary female physician, Trotula.
Only the chapter on the 'Wider World'-which inevitably includes the Crusades did I have some argument with. Saladin w ...more
I really enjoyed this book. It is very readable, articulate, intelligent, informative. Thematic histories are often dull reading but the authors of 1215 demonstrate that this doesn't have to be the case.
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