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David Starkey looks at the origins of Magna Carta, the document that has underpinned British liberties since it was created in 1215 to check the abuses of King John.

Respected historian David Starkey says the first Magna Carta, an incendiary, revolutionary tract, would never have lasted. As the revised version is about the be put on show in Durham, Harry Mead ...

09:22, Wed, Apr 29, 2015 Updated: 10:35, Wed, Apr 29, 2015 In fact, according to Starkey, we are really celebrating the 790th anniversary of the treaty as the original, forced on King John by the ...

Today, most of us take certain liberties for granted such as the right to a fair trial or the right to own property, but this is actually the fruit of an agreement entitled the Magna Carta (the great ...