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Danny Danziger and John Gillingham.
1215: The Year of Magna Carta.

Published London: Coronet, 14th impression (previously issued 2004; hardback was 2003).
ISBN 9780340824757.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham.
Size: 128x198x20mm.
Page count: viii,324pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some mild scuffs on its covers, a little wear and some foxing starting on the edges and corners; otherwise doesn’t look heavily used, the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £5.00
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[Publisher’s price £9.99]
Weight without packaging: 291g.

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Provides a comprehensive description of life in England in the early thirteenth century, with the last couple of chapters focusing on events surrounding the creation of Magna Carta.

Contents: The Englishman’s castle; Countryside; Town; School; Family strife; Tournaments & battles; Hunting in the forest; The Church; King John; The King’s men; Trial by ordeal; A Christian country; English & Celts; Wider world; The Great Charter; The myth.
Appendix: Text of Magna Carta

Illustrations: small monochrome illustrations at the chapter headings
Maps & plans: 1

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 6pp
Index: yes

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