British Library evening VIP launch of their Magna Carta show . Celebrating 800 years of Magna Carta marked by the display of 4 of the original copies of the historic document for the first time.

---

British Library Magna Carta unification. Celebrating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta marked by the display of the 4 original documents together for the first time. Copies are from Salisbury, Lincoln cathedrals and the British Library. 1215 people attended the day drawn from ballot of 45000 from around the world. The Magna Carta is still viewed as a hugely significant document enshrining the law as sovereign and so guarding against the tyranny of rulers and mob rule. This event comes before follow up exhibitions in the spring looking at the legacy of the Magna Carta including its influence on the US founding fathers and more recently the civil rights movement in the 1960's.

---

Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: British Library
Photo credit: © roger parkes / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 4, 800th, anniversary, british, carta, carter, copies, display, documents, library, lincoln, magna, original, salisbury, show, surviving, time., unfication, unification