[英]马克·莫里斯（Marc Morris）历史学家，广播员。精通中世纪史，在伦敦大学和牛津大学教授课程。2003年推出系列片《城堡》，2005年出版了诺福克伯爵相关的博士论文，为《历史今天》等媒体撰稿。2008年出版《伟大而令人战栗的国王》。此后，《诺曼征服》《约翰王》等畅销书也相继出版。

[英]马克·莫里斯（Marc Morris）历史学家，广播员。精通中世纪史，在伦敦大学和牛津大学教授课程。2003年推出系列片《城堡》，2005年出版了诺福克伯爵相关的博士论文，为《历史今天》等媒体撰稿。2008年出版《伟大而令人战栗的国王》。此后，《诺曼征服》《约翰王》等畅销书也相继出版。

This is a fully revised and extended edition of J. C. Holt's study of Magna Carta, the Great Charter, which sets the events of 1215 and the Charter itself in the context of the law, politics and administration of England and Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The author has added to the first edition (1965) further comment on the development of local liberties, the...(展开全部)

List of plates Preface Preface to second edition Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 The Charter and its history 1 2 Government and society in the twelfth century 23 3 Privilege and liberties 50 4 Custom and law 75 5 Justice and jurisdiction 123 6 Crisis and civil war 188 7 Quasi Pax 237 8 The quality of the Great Charter 267 9 The achievement of 1215 297 10 From distraint to war ...(展开全部)

Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England’s throne was designed to heal old political wounds between the two countries, and in the years that followed, she would become an important figure, a determined and clever woman whose influence would come to last centuries. But Queen Isabell...(展开全部)

丹·琼斯，英国历史学家、纪录片主持人、专栏作家，毕业于剑桥大学彭布罗克学院，主要研究方向为中世纪历史。著有多本畅销历史作品，如《金雀花王朝》《空王冠》《血夏》《圣殿骑士团》等。

斯科特‧克里斯蒂安松（Scott Christianson），纽约州立大学阿尔巴尼分校博士，并曾于哥伦比亚大学新闻学院研究调查报导。同时也是一位优秀的作家，著有许多杰出而畅销的非虚构类书籍，如《改变世界的100张草图：从革新医学的人体解剖图到颠覆音乐产业的iPod原型》等。

This ground-breaking book traces the story of castles at war in England and Wales from their introduction by the Normans in the eleventh century until the end of the reign of Henry VIII in the sixteen

The medieval era is often associated with dynastic struggles, gruesome wars, and the formidable influence of the Church. But what about the everyday experience of the royal subjects and common people? Here, alongside the coronations, diplomatic dealings, and key battles, can be found the fabric of medieval life as it was really lived, in its folk songs, recipes, and local gossi...(展开全部)