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Professor Louise Wilkinson, Professor of Medieval History at Canterbury Christ Church University, and Dr. Jess A. Nelson of the National Archives, will provide short biographical details of key women who have played a significant role in the development of Magna Carta.


Biographical details are available for the following women of the period:

Women of Magna Carta

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Sir Robert Worcester

Sir Robert Worcester

Chairman, Magna Carta Committee

Today is the very anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta, that great charter which laid down the basis for English common law, now spread throughout the world. Magna Carta gave protection of law against despotism by...

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