"A scholarly interpretation in a quiet, competent style." (San Francisco Chronicle) "I have nowhere found a sounder or more suggestive statement of the nature and significance of the Magna Carta. . . . Here is first-class historical scholarship and historical writing." (Christian Century)

"A scholarly interpretation in a quiet, competent style." (San Francisco Chronicle) "I have nowhere found a sounder or more suggestive statement of the nature and significance of the Magna Carta. . . . Here is first-class historical scholarship and historical writing." (Christian Century)