Could we have been commemorating the wrong date of Magna Carta all along? Speaking on an episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, ...
The Magna Carta was designed as a peace agreement between King John and the barons. It failed to achieve this, and the two sides were at war with each other within three months of it being signed.
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Set in stone: House on the island where Magna Carta was signed hits the market for £4.5 millionThis attempt to broker peace was unsuccessful and civil war soon broke out, with King John dying of dysentery a year later. Although Magna Carta was limited in that it mainly enshrined the rights ...
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