In celebration of the 800th
anniversary of Magna Carta, English Historical Review has published a special issue showcasing key research on the Charter presented in the journal.
The collection was brought together
by the Magna Carta Project’s Nicholas Vincent, who contributes an introductory
essay surveying over one hundred years of Magna Carta scholarship.
The special issue includes articles from the early twentieth century by J.H. Round and John C. Fox, as
well as two articles by the great Magna Carta scholar Sir James Holt, who died in
May 2014 (a third edition of Holt’s Magna Carta will be launched this
week at the Magna Carta Conference). An article on Stephen Langton by John Baldwin,
who died in February 2015, also features – as does David Carpenter’s 2011 discussion of Langton
and the Charter. Ifor Rowlands’ article on the publication of Magna Carta,
published posthumously in 2009, is also included.
The articles from the Magna Carta
issue, including Nicholas Vincent’s introductory survey, can be downloaded free of charge from the EHR website.
