David Starkey's Magna Carta

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4:10 PM to 5:25 PM

Thursday 19 June

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The historian examines the origins of the document issued by King John in 1215 that placed limits on the power of the crown, which has become a universal symbol of individual freedom against the tyranny of the state. Starkey explores its subsequent deployment, its contribution to making everyone - even the monarch - subject to the rule of law, and how this quintessentially English document migrated to the North American colonies and eventually became the foundation of the US constitution. He also looks at the preliminary draft known as the Articles of the Barons, and the papal bull declaring Magna Carta null and void less than two months after it was sealed