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Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

33. Magna Carta

Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History

Fat Belly Films

News, Neil Oliver, History, Comment

4.7 β€’ 1K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week, Neil travels to see an iconic document that shook the world.


In 1215 a battling king squared up to his rebellious barons in a power struggle produced Magna Carta and a new political order. A charter of rights that started to pin back the monarchy, Magna Carta declared not even a king is above the law. Never again would an English monarch have absolute power. Magna Carta and a follow-up document the Charter of the Forest helped lay the foundations for parliamentary democracy, shaping the world we live in today.


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0:00.0

The 15 million pound Lotto Super Saturday jackpot must be won this Saturday.

0:04.5

Or thousands of you will win a share of the prize.

0:06.7

But who will it be?

0:07.7

Maybe Raj, watching the racewalk and thinking I could do that.

0:10.6

Well speed walk down the shop and get yourself a ticket.

0:13.1

Lotto will you be next play in store or on app the national lottery account terms

0:17.6

rules and procedures apply players must be 18 or over. Magna Carta is a foundation stone of liberal democratic civilization from one end of the planet to the other.

0:39.0

The rights, responsibilities and obligations that our ancestors took upon themselves

0:45.6

to ensure that we are free people in a free country.

0:58.0

In this podcast, we're traveling to see nothing less than the birth of democracy.

1:04.0

In a city whose rich history is deeply embedded in the British Isles. There's a castle there holding two documents that have helped shape the world.

1:10.0

Born from a power struggle between a battling king and his rebellious barons, they started to pin back

1:18.9

the monarchy.

1:20.9

Never again would any English monarch have absolute power, not one not even a king or queen, is above the law.

1:28.0

These documents help lay the foundations for parliamentary democracy, helping to shape the world we live in today.

1:38.3

I'm stepping out across Britain to discover 100 remarkable places that have shaped you, me and the whole world.

1:45.0

I'm Neil Oliver and this is my love letter to the British Isles. I knew.

2:08.0

last week we stood with you in the soaring interior of an incredible building that's nearly a thousand years old. Where are we now?

2:10.0

Well, we're traveling to another ancient city and we're going to come face to face with an iconic document.

2:16.4

Oh, when I say iconic, it's beyond iconic.

2:20.0

The fame of this piece of sheepskin, with writing upon it, it reverberates around the world

2:28.5

to this day.

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