The Charter and its history -- Government and society in the twelfth century -- Privilege and liberties -- Justice and jurisdiction -- Crisis and civil war -- Quasi pax -- The quality of the Great Charter -- The achievement of 1215 -- From distraint to war -- The re-issues and the beginning of the myth -- Appendices. 1. The meeting at Bury St Edmunds, 1214 ; 2. Notification of Thomas count of Perche, February 1215 ; 3. Triplex forma pacis ; 4. The 'unknown' charter ; 5. The Articles of the Barons ; 6. Magna Carta, 1215 ; 7. Translations of the Charters ; 8. The twenty-five barons of Magna Carta, 1215 ; 9. The date of the London treaty ; 10. The Oxford Council, 16-23 July 1215 ; 11. Select documents illustrative of the history of the Magna Carta, 1215 ; 12. Magna Carta, 1225 ; 13. Charter of the Forest, 1225 ; 14. Liberties and perpetuity.