Tag: Magna carta FeaturedMagna Carta – what’s so ‘great’ about the charter?Wednesday 30 December 2015We apologise for the variable sound quality of this podcast. 2015 is the 800th anniversary...AudioThe Church and the propaganda of political reform in 13th century EnglandThursday 25 July 2013In the 13th century, the English episcopate took a leading role in overseeing the...AudioMagna Carta: What more is there to say?Friday 13 July 2012The University of East Anglia’s Professor Nicholas Vincent is a leading authority on the...AudioFrom Magna Carta to the parliamentary state: the Fine Rolls of King Henry III 1216-1272Friday 13 July 2007Professor David Carpenter talks about this unique resource preserved at The National Archives and...AudioKing John and Magna CartaWednesday 23 May 2007History has portrayed King John as a tyrannical monarch whose arbitrary conduct forced his...