Guest blogger David Pearson shares his thoughts on the significance of the 800th year anniversary of the Magna Carta.
This weekend marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede by King John on 15thJune 1215. On 14th June church bells will peel across the land to celebrate the occasion. (That happens to be my birthday so I’ve told my lunch guests that I’ve arranged the bell ringing in my honour.) Magna Carta was effectively a peace treaty between King John and the Barons who opposed him to avoid a civil war.
Most of its 63 clauses constitute a deal restoring or granting rights to the Barons...
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