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The Aftermath of Runnymede

BBC Radio 4 - Magna Carta, The Aftermath of Runnymede

Melvyn Bragg discovers what happened to Magna Carta in the aftermath of Runnymede in 1215.

Melvyn Bragg discovers what happened to the agreement thrashed out at Runnymede in May 1215 and examines the consequences of Magna Carta.

Melvyn Bragg looks at the consequences of the agreement thrashed out between King John and his barons at Runnymede in the summer of 1215. Magna Carta, a charter settling a dispute between the king and a group of rebels, was agreed on June 19th. Yet within a few weeks the agreement had failed, and both sides disavowed it. So how did a failed peace treaty turn into the best known legal document in the English-speaking world? Melvyn Bragg looks at the complex politics of thirteenth-century England and discovers how John's Great Charter was revived and reinvented over the course of the next hundred years.

With: Louise Wilkinson, Professor of Medieval History at Canterbury Christ Church University; Cressida Williams, Cathedral and City Archivist at Canterbury Cathedral; David Carpenter, Professor of Medieval History at King's College London; Nicholas Vincent, Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia; and Claire Breay, Curator of the British Library's Magna Carta exhibition.


Producer: Thomas Morris.

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Melvyn Bragg presents a series marking the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.

Melvyn Bragg presents a series marking the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, one of the best known of all historical documents.

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