Magna Carta by Holt, J.C

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1965. (Hardcover) 377pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Abbreviations, notes, appendix, references, photographs, index. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn with two small chips to the top of the spine, a previous owner's name on the front endpaper and a small red ink mark on page 1. "Professor Holt discusses the dramatic negotiations which led to Magna Carta and the reactions to it of the Pope. He describes in detail the document of 1215, the various influences which helped to form it, including that of the Archbishop, Stephen Langton, and seeks to reassess the extent to which it both restated custom and created custom". Book about Charter of Rights. Time Period 1215 & 13th Century. Locale: England. (History--England, Documents, Government--England, Magna Carta, Politics--England).