TALK
Magna Carta: old and new
Fri 13 Mar 2015, 18:30 - 20:00
Nicholas Vincent, author and Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia, explores the long history of Magna Carta. Why did a 13th-century peace treaty agreed between King John and his rebel barons in a field near Windsor come to be seen as a founding statement of the rights of man? And why have recent discoveries fundamentally altered the way that we understand its context?
Price: Full Price: £8.00 Concessions available
LECTURE
Magna Carta: Curators’ Eye View
Fri 20 Mar 2015, 11:00 - 12:15
Join Julian Harrison and Alex Lock, part of the curatorial team behind the Magna Carta exhibition.
What does it take to mount a major exhibition? What are the challenges behind devising the storyline, choosing the objects, acquiring the loans, and writing the catalogue and labels? Join Julian Harrison and Alex Lock, two members of the curatorial team behind Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy, as they review how the exhibition was put together. This talk is aimed at everyone interested in public history, museum studies and the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
Full Price: £3.00
DISCUSSION
Magna Carta and our Constitutional Future
Mon 23 Mar 2015, 18:30 - 20:00
Magna Carta set in words the principle that in England the executive power — the king — should be subject to the law of the land. Yet, 800 years on, the United Kingdom still has no codified constitution, and many of us struggle to understand the basis of how our state is set up. With the debate raging over the Scottish referendum, devolution in England, the future of the Union and a federal structure, Is it time for a new political settlement — and should that settlement be codified?
Full Price: £5.00 Concessions are available
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