Cambridge Educational - The Magna Carta

The Magna Carta

This program depicts the origins, contents, and long-lasting effects of perhaps the most basic document of law in the Western world. It explains the historical background—the determining factors in King John’s character, his quarrels with the Pope, and his problems with his rebellious barons—to explain the grants of rights contained in the Magna Carta. It explains how and why and where its various copies were disseminated. And it explains what the rights granted entailed, what it was that the king granted his barons, and what it has meant (and been misconstrued to mean) in the development of American democracy. (22 minutes)

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Item#: FMK3351

VHS ISBN 978-1-56950-000-2
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-5682-8


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