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Showing posts with label Magna Carta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magna Carta. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2020

Spotlight on History Enthusiast Jon Marshall – actor, director, producer - History Roadshow

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Jon Marshall has been interested in cinematography since his early years, having been a member of an 8 mm club in his home city of S...
Monday, May 21, 2018

What is the oldest law in England?

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History Extra Habeas corpus is, indeed, one of the most distinctive features of English law and may well be the oldest in force. The l...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Medieval English law in the time of Magna Carta

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History Extra A king and his minister doing justice, c1050. Original publication from an 11th-century manuscript. (Photo by Hulton Arc...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

History Trivia - Magna Carta sealed

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June 19 1215 Magna Carta sealed: Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on the Magna...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Retaining the royals: why has the British monarchy survived – and thrived?

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History Extra Queen Victoria with Prince Albert and their children in 1846. After a painting by F Winterhalter. Victoria’s husb...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

History Trivia - Rebel barons renounce allegiance to King John

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May 5 1215 Rebel barons renounced their allegiance to King John of England, which led to the signing of the Magna Carta
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

10 things you (probably) didn't know about the Middle Ages

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History Extra It is one of the most fascinating periods in history, popularised by Magna Carta, the Black Death, and the Hundred Years W...
Saturday, June 20, 2015

Why ‘Bad King John’ was actually Good

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History Extra      King John wasn't so 'Bad', argues Graham E Seel. © North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy After a gre...
Friday, June 19, 2015

History Trivia - Magna Carta sealed

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June 19   1179 The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke was killed, and the battle changed the tide of...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

Magna Carta's legacy lives on 800 years later

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USA Today Photo: Joseph Kaczmarek, AP LONDON — Eight centuries ago this Monday, a peace treaty came into being that would become a pil...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

History Trivia - Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England

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May 5,  984 Gerberga of Saxony, Queen of Western Francia died. 1215 Rebel barons renounced their allegiance to King John of Engla...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

8 things you (probably) didn’t know about Magna Carta

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King John signs Magna Carta. © GL Archive / Alamy History Extra Magna Carta, which this year celebrates its 800th anniversary, is perhap...
Friday, March 13, 2015

Magna Carta exhibition is an 800-year-old lesson in people power

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The Guardian   British Library showcase highlights value of enduringly popular document still relevant to everything from control orde...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

British Library to display King John's teeth and thumb bone in Magna Carta celebrations

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The Guardian Exhibition commemorating the 800-year anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta will feature royal relics Two molars and...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Early edition of Magna Carta discovered in Victorian scrapbook

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A close-up view of one of four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta, a document written in 1215, is seen at the Museum of Fine Art...
Monday, February 2, 2015

British Library reunites Magna Carta copies for 800th anniversary

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Mark Brown The Guardian     The four surviving copies of the Magna Carta being prepared for display at the British Library. Photo...