Magna Carta: history, context and influence

Magna Carta: history, context and influenceThis book examines the history and influence of Magna Carta in British and American history. It considers the origins of the document in the context of the thirteenth century, the relevance of its principles to the seventeenth century disputes that led to the Civil War, the uses made of Magna Carta to justify the American Revolution, and its inspiration of the radical democratic movement in Britain in the early nineteenth century. The essays included

Situates women at the centre of the practices and policies of British imperialism

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and the archaeological site of Kellis (Ismant al-Kharab) with its Manichaean texts are also discussed

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