tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18645638587969179662024-03-16T18:53:07.489+00:00Magna Carta ProjectNews from the Magna Carta Project.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11192480944672553751noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-63120070939678989522016-06-30T11:48:00.000+01:002016-06-30T11:48:31.055+01:00New research on Magna Carta published
An excommunication (BL, Royal MS 6 E VI f. 216v)
Research over the last few years has shown that there is still so much more to learn about Magna
Carta: both new discoveries and new interpretations. The latest issue of
Historical Research includes two articles that illuminate the context and afterlife
of the Charter.
Christopher Tilley’s ‘Magna
Carta and the honour of Wallingford’ Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-86209599971927675242016-03-21T08:13:00.001+00:002016-03-21T08:13:36.534+00:00King John 800 - a 3 day conference in Dublin Castle, 8-10 September 2016
This autumn will mark the 800th anniversary of the death of King John and, to commemorate the occasion, a major conference will be held in Dublin. Leading historians from around the world will gather in Dublin Castle (constructed in 1204 to be the centre of John’s Irish administration) to debate the controversial king’s place in British, Irish and European history.
The Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-87156464337558535702016-02-10T16:49:00.003+00:002016-02-10T17:31:26.094+00:00David Carpenter unveils Bury St Edmunds sculpture The Magna Carta Project's David Carpenter was recently called upon to help unveil a sculpture in Bury St Edmunds.'Our Liberty' commemorates the role of the town in the events surrounding Magna Carta - according to the chronicler Roger of Wendover, a group of discontented barons met at the abbey in the autumn of 1214 and sworn to unite in resistance to King John. You can read a translation of Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-63008842024421850652016-02-02T13:34:00.002+00:002016-02-02T13:34:34.060+00:00Revealing Records VII
We're pleased to be spreading the news about the latest Revealing Records conference - a KCL institution for PhD students working in medieval history. See below for the call for papers.
Now in its seventh year, the Revealing Records conference series brings together postgraduate researchers working with a wide range of sources from across the medieval world to share Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-2731626496349067702015-11-04T10:12:00.000+00:002016-02-03T13:23:09.558+00:00Magna Carta World Tour
Members of the team have been flying the Magna Carta Project flag across the globe this autumn, as part of a Foreign Office programme of events commemorating the Charter's 800th anniversary. You can view more pictures on the Magna Carta Project Facebook page.
David Carpenter took part in a public event at NYU Abu Dhabi on 4 October, introduced by the British Ambassador to Abu Dhabi, Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-37240997919632293042015-10-30T08:39:00.001+00:002015-10-30T08:40:23.436+00:00Elves and Apparitions at the Angevin Court
Sir Galahad encounters Symen in a forest, BL Royal 14 E III, f.85
The men and women of the Angevin court were fascinated by the supernatural. They told stories of demons and spirits, whose shadowy
realm loitered at the edge of their own. Such beings stalked the darkness,
crossing into the land of men to warn, to plead and, occasionally, to love. Not only courtiers but kings, we might Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-289349566145480932015-10-19T09:37:00.002+01:002015-10-19T09:38:23.534+01:00The Magna Carta Project at Peking University
In September 2015, members of the Magna Carta Project visited Peking University, as part of a delegation led by the Institute of Historical Research. A conference on Magna Carta was hosted by PKU, involving Chinese and British scholars.
L-R: David Carpenter, Nicholas Vincent, Harry Dickinson, Sophie Ambler, Rachel Foxley, Lawrence Goldman, Alex Lock, Jane Carpenter, George Garnett
Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-17672382932233621042015-08-14T10:44:00.002+01:002015-08-14T10:44:56.133+01:00Festival of Freedoms
This
September, members of the Magna Carta Project will be taking part in Parliament’s
Festival of Freedoms. The Festival is part
of Parliament in the Making, a
year-long cultural and education programme that commemorates a series of major
anniversaries including 750 years since Simon de Montfort’s parliament and 800
years since the sealing of Magna Carta.
Westminster Hall, site of the Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-1116017231712961332015-08-10T14:53:00.000+01:002015-08-10T14:53:31.827+01:00Robert fitz Walter on Trial
Recently a mock trial was held in Westminster Hall, in which
the Robert fitz Walter and his army faced accusations of treason for their
rebellion against King John. David Carpenter played the part of fitz Walter, defended
by Nathalie Lieven QC, against Clive Anderson’s King John.
Before a large gathering in Westminster Hall and judges Dame
Sian Elias (Chief Justice of New Zealand), Lord Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-35889535785414554052015-07-05T14:55:00.001+01:002015-07-05T14:56:15.407+01:00The Magna Carta Conference
The Magna Carta Conference took place 17-19 June, at King's College London and the British Library. It was a great success, with 30 speakers from across Europe and the USA presenting new research on the Charter and its world, and an audience of around 450 across the three days.
Left to right: Gesine Oppitz-Trotman, Sophie Ambler and Janet Burton; Nicholas Vincent; Lindy Grant, Jinty Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-69100866537225347702015-06-29T18:22:00.000+01:002015-06-29T18:27:45.335+01:00Magna Carta Exhibition at the Weston Library
Dr Hugh Doherty, who curated the Weston Library's Magna Carta exhibition
Visitors to Oxford’s Weston Library during the past month will have seen engrossments of two different versions of Magna Carta, together with a collection of other documents from the period, on display in an exhibition curated by the Magna Carta Project’s Dr Hugh Doherty.
One engrossment is that of the Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-9042741238433709022015-06-29T17:14:00.001+01:002015-06-29T17:14:28.595+01:00Barnet pupils learn about Magna Carta
Last week, on 22 June, David Carpenter spoke to school students from Barnet about Magna Carta, as part of the borough's programme of commemorations for the Charter's 800th anniversary. Some 85 students from were present, from Henrietta Barnett School, Harsmonean Boys, Harsmonean Girls, Christ’s College Finchley, St James’ Barnet, St Andrew The Apostle and St Mary’s and St John’s CE School. Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-29372840640794646852015-06-15T22:52:00.000+01:002015-06-16T08:12:17.224+01:00English Historical Review: Magna Carta special issue
In celebration of the 800th
anniversary of Magna Carta, English Historical Review has published a special issue showcasing key research on the Charter presented in the journal.
The collection was brought together
by the Magna Carta Project’s Nicholas Vincent, who contributes an introductory
essay surveying over one hundred years of Magna Carta scholarship.
The special issue includes Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-35034564504385006282015-06-10T09:13:00.000+01:002015-06-10T09:13:50.039+01:00Magna Carta podcasts and videos
Burlington House, home of the Society of Antiquaries
Over the past three years, and in the last few months more
than ever, members of the Magna Carta Project have been busy bringing Magna
Carta to a diverse range of interest groups and audiences.
Recently, Nicholas Vincent took part in a discussion on ‘Magna
Carta: Our Legal Right to a Healthy Environment’, as part of the Castle Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-74597241147659009282015-05-21T19:54:00.002+01:002015-05-21T19:54:45.316+01:00EconTalk podcast: Nicholas Vincent on Magna Carta
The British Library's Unburnt Magna Carta
The Magna Carta Project's Nicholas Vincent recorded a podcast on Magna Carta recently for EconTalk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty in the USA. Nick spoke to Russ Roberts, of Stanford University, in depth about the political and economic background to Magna Carta, the events at Runnymede in June 1215 and the Charter's content, as well howSophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-71813829089376598812015-05-21T11:01:00.001+01:002015-05-21T11:01:33.678+01:00Mortimer History Society Spring Conference
The Magna Carta Project’s David Carpenter spoke recently at
Mortimer History Society Spring Conference, which took place at Hereford on 16
May. The subject of the conference was ‘Law and Order in Early Medieval England’.
Here’s David with the conference’s other speakers and
members of the Society: (l-r) ‘The Royal Executioner’, Elizabeth Chadwick,
Matthew Stevens, Paul Dryburgh, Daniel Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-90149076117728039622015-05-13T15:30:00.001+01:002015-05-13T15:36:02.772+01:00Surrey in the Age of Magna Carta
Professors Nigel Saul (left) and David Carpenter (right)at the Surrey History Centre
Magna Carta Project Co-Investigator David Carpenter spoke on Saturday 9th May about 'Magna Carta in the Reign of Henry III', at a Magna Carta study day at the Surrey History Centre in Woking. Here he is with Nigel Saul, of RHUL and the Magna Carta Trust, who spoke about 'Magna Carta in English History'.
You Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-45731289122321462252015-05-06T14:56:00.001+01:002015-05-06T14:56:23.570+01:00The Cheshire Magna Carta
The Cheshire Magna Carta
‘Both
by royal permission and the virtues of its earls’, wrote the monk of Chester
abbey, Lucian, about 1195, Cheshire ‘is accustomed to answer in its assemblies more
to the sword of its prince than the crown of the king’.<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[i]<!--[endif]-->
There has been much debate over how far the earl of Chester - described here as
a ‘prince’ - enjoyed Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-80361620984927355032015-05-03T14:49:00.001+01:002015-05-03T14:51:40.559+01:00Pageants and the People: Bury St Edmunds and Magna Carta
Throughout 2014-15, local communities across the UK are marking the
800th anniversary of Magna Carta with a host of varied festivities – from Odiham's specially commissioned Magna Carta Anthem to Runnymede's parade of picnicking giants. But did you know that Britain has a rich history of commemorating history through such theatrical events? For instance, In
1907, 1959 and 1970 the Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-4237720673066006892015-04-22T16:53:00.001+01:002015-04-22T16:54:08.248+01:00Cry 'God for Simon, England, and St George'? The First Sighting of England's Patron Saint
Saint George Killing the Dragonby Bernat Martorell (1434/5)
You might have noticed a theme in recent Features and blogs: banners, battle-flags and heraldry. Continuing along these lines, this post looks at a remarkable event in the story of England's arms: the first appearance of St George's banner on an English battlefield - the standard-bearer being no less than the saint himself.
Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-40152697052705451622015-04-15T16:19:00.003+01:002015-04-15T16:21:58.642+01:00The Lord Edward and the Leopard of Lewes
The royal arms, depictedby Matthew Paris(BL Royal 14 C VII f.53)
If you’ve been following our
Feature of the Month, you would have seen Nicholas Vincent’s recent article on ‘Leopards, Lions and Dragons: King John’s Banners and Battle Flags’. Here, Nick explained
how the ‘three lions’ device – now the ‘three lions on the shirt’ of England –
was first used in the heraldry of the Angevin Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-16789710541436965022015-04-13T12:07:00.000+01:002015-04-13T12:07:51.592+01:00Langton by Wragby
David Crook (left) and David Carpenter (right) atLangton by Wragby
David Carpenter was in Lincoln last week
for the Lincoln Record Society’s conference on Magna Carta. On the evening of 7
April, delegates attended a special service in the church at Langton by Wragby, the village where Stephen Langton – the archbishop of Canterbury who helped to negotiate
the Charter in 1215 – grew up. David Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-52921513839174370492015-04-10T17:16:00.001+01:002015-04-10T20:58:56.124+01:00Washington, Baltimore and Lancaster - and the discovery of a de Bohun charter
Nicholas Vincent with David Mao, Deputy Librarian of Congress, in Washington
The Magna Carta Project’s Principal Investigator, Nicholas
Vincent, has been in the USA this week talking about Magna Carta. On 6
April he was in Washington to deliver a public lecture at the Library of Congress, as part of the Library's programme of commemoration following its exhibition of the Lincoln Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-90423416174711072522015-03-29T14:48:00.001+01:002015-03-29T14:48:57.008+01:00The Magna Carta Conference: booking now open
Booking has now opened for The Magna Carta Conference,
a landmark event commemorating the 800th anniversary of the Charter’s
issue. Hosted by the The Magna Carta Project, it will be held 17-19 June 2015 at
King’s College London and the British Library. Members of The Magna Carta
Project will be joined by renowned scholars from across the globe to share
major new discoveries and research onSophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864563858796917966.post-55041036311695124172015-03-20T08:17:00.002+00:002015-03-20T08:17:20.601+00:00The Magna Carta Project in the USA
Members of the Magna Carta Project travelled to the USA
recently to share the Project’s research with academics, students and members
of the public across the pond.
Rick Griffin, Director of the Center for Constitutional Studies at UVU, introduces Nicholas Vincent
Nicholas Vincent, Louise Wilkinson and Sophie Ambler spoke
at Utah Valley University, whose Center for Sophie Amblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702951581078829351noreply@blogger.com3