(Paperback)

Illustrated throughout, and with a complete text translation, the book explores the context in which Magna Carta was issued, in order to understand what it really meant to its creators and to those who have used and revered it since.

(Paperback)

This richly illustrated new book - which accompanies a landmark British Library exhibition - presents Anglo-Saxon England as the home of a highly sophisticated artistic and political culture, deeply connected with its continental neighbours.

(Paperback, Reissue ed.)

The Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in English history and one of the British Library's greatest treasures. This work explores the context in which Magna Carta was issued to discover what it really meant to its creators and how it came to be an iconic historical document. This updated edition includes full colour illustrations.