Magna Carta

Name: Magna Carta
Uploaded: 2020-10-12T13:55:41Z
Duration: 15 min 16 s
Description: A video looks at the events that led to the signing of the Magna Carta.

A video looks at the events that led to the signing of the Magna Carta.

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Examining the draft Declaration of Rights and the Bill of Rights (both 1689), in the United Kingdom Parliamentary Archives, London.

See the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Draft Declaration of Rights (1689) kept in the United Kingdom Parliamentary Archives Search Room
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Learn about Simon de Montfort's baronial revolt against King Henry III and the importance of the Magna Carta in establishing Parliament.

Know about Simon de Montfort's baronial revolt against King Henry III and the contribution of 1215 Magna Carta in establishing Parliament
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King John of England and the events that led to the signing of the Magna Carta.

Know about the reign of King John of England and the events that led to the establishment of Magna Carta
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Learn about the precautions necessary to bring the four surviving original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta to the same place, the Robing Room of the Palace of Westminster, in February 2015 for the 800th anniversary of the charter's issue.

Know about the necessary precautions to bring the whole series of the Magna Carta together at the Robing Room of the Palace of Westminster to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the charter's issue

Magna Carta

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