Ralph Turner is a Professor at Florida State University. He is the author of King John (1994) and Richard the Lionheart (2000) and is an expert on both British and French History and the medieval period, having written widely on both rulers and the state.

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• Introduction: Magna Carta: disentangling history from myth 1. England under the Angevin kings: Henry II and his sons, Richard I and John 2. King John's reign 3. The making and unmaking of Magna Carta, 1215 4. The first century of Magna Carta 5. Magna Carta in the later middle ages and the Tudor period 6. Magna Carta's revival in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 7. Magna Carta in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries 8. Magna Carta in the New World Works cited in notes Other useful works Index

Ralph Turner is a Professor at Florida State University. He is the author of King John (1994) and Richard the Lionheart (2000) and is an expert on both British and French History and the medieval period, having written widely on both rulers and the state.

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• Introduction: Magna Carta: disentangling history from myth 1. England under the Angevin kings: Henry II and his sons, Richard I and John 2. King John's reign 3. The making and unmaking of Magna Carta, 1215 4. The first century of Magna Carta 5. Magna Carta in the later middle ages and the Tudor period 6. Magna Carta's revival in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 7. Magna Carta in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries 8. Magna Carta in the New World Works cited in notes Other useful works Index