<div><b>For its 800th anniversary, a new edition of one of democracy’s founding legal documents, with extensive new commentary</b><br><br> Wrested by rebellious barons from a very reluctant King John, <i>Magna Carta </i>set out a series of rights and duties that have been appealed to, ignored, suppressed, and argued about ever since. Here, David Carpenter’s forceful new translation is accompanied by extensive commentary that sheds new light on this illustrious legal document.<br><br><br></div>