Photo, left: Magna Carta (Latin for "the Great Charter"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum ("the Great Charter of the Liberties"), is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons. Neither side stood behind their commitments, and the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, leading to the First Barons' War.
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Hour One
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789, by Edward Larson  (1 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 1, Block B: The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789, by Edward Larson  (2 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 1, Block C: The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789, by Edward Larson  (3 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 1, Block D: The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789, by Edward Larson  (4 of 8)
Hour Two
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 2, Block A: The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789, by Edward Larson  (5 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 2, Block B: The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789, by Edward Larson  (6 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 2, Block C: The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789, by Edward Larson  (7 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 2, Block D: The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789, by Edward Larson  (8 of 8)
Hour Three
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 3, Block A: King John: And the Road to Magna Carta, by Stephen Church  (1 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 3, Block B: King John: And the Road to Magna Carta, by Stephen Church  (2 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 3, Block C: King John: And the Road to Magna Carta, by Stephen Church  (3 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 3, Block D: King John: And the Road to Magna Carta, by Stephen Church  (4 of 8)
Hour Four
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 4, Block A: King John: And the Road to Magna Carta, by Stephen Church  (5 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 4, Block B: King John: And the Road to Magna Carta, by Stephen Church  (6 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 4, Block C: King John: And the Road to Magna Carta, by Stephen Church  (7 of 8)
Monday  6 July 2015 / Hour 4, Block D: King John: And the Road to Magna Carta, by Stephen Church  (8 of 8)
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