Magna Carta: References & Edit History
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The best accounts of the Great Charter are J.C. Holt, Magna Carta, 3rd ed. (2015); and David Carpenter, Magna Carta (2015). Also useful are J.C. Holt, Magna Carta and Medieval Government (1985); and Danny Denziger and John Gillingham, 1215: The Year of Magna Carta (2003, reissued 2004). Concise treatments include Geoffrey Hindley, A Brief History of the Magna Carta (2008); and Nicholas Vincent, Magna Carta: A Very Short Introduction (2012).
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Article History
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| Add new Web site: UK Parliament - Magna Carta. | Sep 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - You're Dead to Me - Dead Funny History | King John and the Magna Carta. | Mar 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - 1215 and All That: The Fight For the Magna Carta. | Mar 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Big Ideas - Magna Carta. | Dec 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gresham College - Magna Carta: The Medieval Context and the Part Played by William Marshal. | Nov 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: TU Law Digital Commons - Magna Carta and the Definition of Fundamental Rights (PDF). | Apr 25, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Yale Law School - Lillian Goldman Law Library - The Avalon Project - Magna Carta. | Sep 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Introduction: The Significance of Magna Carta. | Jul 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Magna Carta ? 800 years on. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National Archives - Magna Carta, 1215. | Jan 24, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference to Salisbury Cathedral. | Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historic UK - The History of the Magna Carta. | Nov 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Online Library of Liberty - Magna Carta and the Common Law. | Jul 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Teach Democracy - Magna Carta. | Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Magna Carta. | Aug 20, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - What is the Magna Carta? | Aug 31, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 11, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 29, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 31, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - Magna Carta: Inspiration for Modern Governments. | Mar 09, 2017 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Jan 24, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 03, 2016 | ||
| Revised bibliography to reflect the 2015 publication of a 3rd edition of Magna Carta by J.C. Holt. |
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Aug 28, 2015 | |
| Bibliography revised. | Apr 30, 2015 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Apr 30, 2015 | ||
| Added Geoffrey Hindley's A Brief History of the Magna Carta to the bibliography. |
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Aug 29, 2012 | |
| Added two works by J.C. Holt to the bibliography. | Aug 29, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Magna Carta. | Nov 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Magna Carta. | Nov 11, 2011 | ||
| Added photographs. | Aug 30, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Magna Carta. | Oct 31, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Magna Carta. | Sep 30, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: History of Law - Magna Carta history. | Aug 03, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: UShistory.org - Historic Documents - Magna Carta. | Aug 03, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Magna Carta. | Aug 03, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Library of Economics and Liberty - Cyclop�dia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States - Magna Carta. | Aug 03, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 23, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 31, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 23, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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