Magna Carta: A Bitter Indictment of King John's Rule?

This essay was the winner of the 2012 Julia Wood essay prize.

Alicia Mavor | Published in History Today Volume 63 Issue 4 April 2013

John of England signs Magna Carta. Illustration from Cassell

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