David Starkey's Magna Carta / produced and directed by Christopher Spencer ; an Oxford Film and Television production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Starkey, David, on-screen presenter, screenwriter.

Spencer, Christopher (Television director), director, producer.

Oxford Film and Television, production company.

BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magna Carta.

Magna Carta--Influence.

Constitutional history--England.

Constitutional history.

Law--England--History.

Law.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 minutes)

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Invoked against the excesses of royal power in 1215, Magna Carta is perhaps the most famous constitutional document in history. Though very much a product of its time, it has inspired many others, including the American Declaration of Independence and the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights. David Starkey explores its deployment, its contribution to making everyone - even the monarch - subject to the rule of law, and how this quintessentially English document migrated to the North American colonies and eventually became the foundation of the US constitution. Magna Carta has become a universal symbol of individual freedom against the tyranny of the state, but with ever-tightening government control on our lives, is it time to resurrect it?

Participant:

Presenter, David Starkey.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed February 26, 2019).

OCLC:

1089741433