Magna Carta and its Legacies: Freedom and protest 

Magna Carta, Parliament and the Law 1215-1300

1.1 - Week One Introduction

1.2 - Magna Carta and the Medieval world: setting the scene for 1215

1.3 - The importance of Runnymede

1.4 - What happened at Runnymede?

1.5 - The ideas contained within Magna Carta and its purpose

1.6 - How did Magna Carta become a permanent feature of English history?

1.7 - What did Magna Carta say?

1.8 - The Making of Magna Carta

1.9 - The Achievements

1.10 - What happened to Magna Carta after it was sealed?

1.11 - Week One Summary

Week 1 Readings

The Reinvention of Magna Carta, 1508-1642

2.1 - Week Two Introduction

2.2 - The Document and Artefact

2.3 - An Introduction to the 17th Century Legal Profession

2.4 - What is the Ancient Constitution?

2.5 - The Discovery of Magna Carta: Common Law, The Ancient Constitution and Sir Edward Coke - part 1

2.6 - The Ancient Constitution and Sir Edward Coke

2.7 - Week Two Summary

Week 2 Readings

Week 2 Quiz (13 Questions)

Magna Carta: Civil War to Revolution, 1642-1776

3.1 - Week Three Introduction

3.2 - The Discovery of Magna Carta: Common Law, The Ancient Constitution and Sir Edward Coke - part 2

3.3 - Who was Free Born John and What did he represent?

3.4 - Who were the Whigs?

3.5 - The Legacy of Sir Edward Coke and the Reinvention of Liber Homo into the Freeborn Englishman - part 1

3.6 - The Legacy of Sir Edward Coke and the Reinvention of Liber Homo into the Freeborn Englishman - part 2

3.7 - How did Magna Carta and its principles take root in America?

3.8 - Interpreting Political Cartoons

3.9 - Week Three Summary

Week 3 Readings

Magna Carta and the wider world: Constitution Making

4.1 - Week Four Introduction

4.2 - Explaining Constitutions

4.3 - Why isn't the Uk's constitution codified - and should it be?

4.4-An interview with Linda Colley- The Unwritten Constitution

4.5-An interview with Linda Colley- The Legacy of Magna Carta

4.6 - Magna Carta and Slavery - the American perspective

4.7 - Magna Carta and Slavery - the British perspective

4. 8 - Week Four Summary

Week 4 Readings

Week 4 Quiz (13 Questions)

Commemoration and Memorialisation

5.1 - Week Five Introduction

5.2 - Memorialisation Introduction and the Broughton Memorial

5.3 - The Second World War and the FDR Memorial

5.4 - The Air Force Memorial

5.5 - Memorials of Runnymede: The ABA Memorial

5.6 - Memorials of Runnymede: The JFK Memorial

5.7 - Celebrating Magna Carta: Locally, Nationally and Internationally

5.8 - Week Five Summary

Week 5 Readings

Magna Carta: a History of an Argument c.1800-2015

6.1 - Week Six Introduction

6.2 - Public History and Magna Carta

6.3 - Historiography

6.4 - Magna Carta the Dark Side: Examples of Nativism, Racism and Empire

6.5 - Magna Carta and the Post War: Intro and Human Rights

6.6 - The Mangrove Nine Trial and Magna Carta

6.7 - Magna Carta and the Post War: Economic Freedoms

6.8 - Week Six Summary

Runnymede

800 Anniversary

Magna Carta Effect

6.4a Tim Berners Lee Ted Talk

Week 6 Readings

800th Anniversary of Magna Carta Readings and Links

Week 6 Quiz (13 Questions)