BRIEF HISTORY OF MAGNA CARTA (PB)

2015 marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, in which the barons of England forced King John to limit the powers of the crown. The echoes of this act can be found in the seventeenth-century Civil Wars, the struggles for American Independence, the work of Thomas Paine, and the bedrock of nearly every democratic country today. As civil liberties and the rule of law are increasingly challenged, leading medieval historian Geoffrey Hindley reveals the undiminished significance of this ancient document in today's world.