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Magna Carta
The Landmark Library (Related to this series)
- Author
- Dan Jones
- Narrator
- Dan Jones
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 10 April 2025
- Run Time
- 3 hours 1 minute
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
A beautifully produced account of the signing, impact and legacy of Magna Carta, a document that became one of the most influential statements in the history of democracy, as part of the stunning landmark library series.
On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world.
A milestone in the development of constitutional politics and the rule of law, the 'Great Charter' established an Englishman's right to Habeas Corpus and set limits to the exercise of royal power. For the first time a group of subjects had forced an English king to agree to a document that limited his powers by law and protected their rights.
Dan Jones's elegant and authoritative narrative of the making and legacy of Magna Carta is amplified by profiles of the barons who secured it and a full text of the charter in both Latin and English.
Critics Review
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Dan Jones addresses what the Magna Carta meant at the time and what it should mean to us
Military History Monthly
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Jones deftly condenses a wealth of historical detail into the story of how it became hallowed as a founding document of the western traditions of liberty, democracy and rule of law
The Times
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Details
- Author
- Dan Jones
- Narrator
- Dan Jones
- Duration
- 3 hours 1 minute
- Release Date
- 10 April 2025
- ISBN
- 9781035918560
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- European history: medieval period, middle ages, History: specific events and topics, Political structures / systems: democracy, European history, General and world history
Synopsis
Bloomsbury present Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter, written and read by Dan Jones.A beautifully produced account of the signing, impact and legacy of Magna Carta, a document that became one of the most influential statements in the history of democracy, as part of the stunning landmark library series. On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world. A milestone in the development of constitutional politics and the rule of law, the 'Great Charter' established an Englishman's right to Habeas Corpus and set limits to the exercise of royal power. For the first time a group of subjects had forced an English king to agree to a document that limited his powers by law and protected their rights. Dan Jones's elegant and authoritative narrative of the making and legacy of Magna Carta is amplified by profiles of the barons who secured it and a full text of the charter in both Latin and English.
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