Magna Carta

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

One of the most important documents ever written, Magna Carta was sealed by King John after negotiations with his barons and their French and Scots allies at Runnymede in 1215.

Magna Carta has inspired the way we view issues of justice and liberty, in both Britain and around the world, ever since.

In this episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis is joined by Professor David Carpenter to work out the how’s, why’s and what’s of Magna Carta.

This episode was edited by Joseph Knight and produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit.
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0:23.5	Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval, I'm Matt Lewis.
0:26.4	In Medieval History, don't get too much bigger than Magna Carta.
0:29.8	I'm not sure how we've evaded it for so long, but it's time to put that right.
0:33.6	It marks a defining moment in history and has influenced nations for centuries after
0:38.3	it's difficult birthing.
0:39.9	I've asked David Carpenter, Professor of Medieval History at Kings College, London,
0:43.7	to come back and speak to us about this.
0:45.7	So we're in very safe hands as we try and work out the how's the wise and the what's
0:49.3	of Magna Carta. Welcome back to Gone Medieval, David.
0:52.0	Thank you very much. I'm very happy to be back.
0:54.1	I'm going to ask you probably the slightly main question to start off with,
0:57.3	given that it's not the focus of this and we're going to need something close to a quick answer.
1:01.1	But why was King John so horribly unpopular?
1:05.0	Well, as a historian John Gillingham has said, King John was a shift and he was cruel.
1:10.3	He was manipulative. He was treacherous. He was a murderer.
1:15.2	He was widely thought to be lusting after the wives and daughters of his barons.
1:20.8	I think he was more hated personally than any other previous King.
1:25.3	Were all of the problems of his reign that we see culminating in the Magna Carta crisis really?
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