Magna Carta and the Fight for Freedom
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Magna Carta and the Fight for Freedom is part of the 2016 Contextual Lecture Series: Taking Liberties.
World history author Christopher Lloyd’s new talk takes a giant perspective on 800 years in the fight for freedoms and liberties. Join Christopher Lloyd on an epic ride through 800 years in the fight for freedoms and liberties from the sealing of Magna Carta by King John in 1215 to the present day.Using a giant 8m-long timeline, specially commissioned by the Magna Carta Trust’s 800th Committee, and a coat of many pockets containing key objects that serve as mnemonics, Christopher will stop off at 10 key moments in the last 800 years showing how today’s ideas of freedom and liberty have evolved through time.
