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What is Magna Carta?

Published by Egham Museum on 2nd January 2018

In this micro-documentary, Royal Holloway PhD student Claire Kennan explores the immediate background to the events of June 1215, what Magna Carta was and achieved in the short term and what happened after the King and Barons parted company.

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