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"We venerate the Magna Carta as the foundation rock of English political development. But the sort of law that it enshrined was not as important as that which was put into practice by another ...charter passed two years later: the Forest Charter. Forest Law - and the customary rights to a material life which it enshrined - set out the terrain over which English men and women would struggle for 500 years, arguing about the simple right to make a living. Michael Portillo reinvigorates this lost charter and discovers the shady political expediencies that made Magna Carta worth remembering."
"We venerate the Magna Carta as the foundation rock of English political development. But the sort of law that it enshrined was not as important as that which was put into practice by another ...charter passed two years later: the Forest Charter. Forest Law - and the customary rights to a material life which it enshrined - set out the terrain over which English men and women would struggle for 500 years, arguing about the simple right to make a living. Michael Portillo reinvigorates this lost charter and discovers the shady political expediencies that made Magna Carta worth remembering."
| Series: | Things we forgot to remember |
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| First transmission date: | 2006-12-18 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC Radio 3 |
| Published: | 2006 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:27:40 |
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| Producer: | Marya Burgess |
| Contributors: | Peter Allen; Nicholas Bennett; David Eastwood; Jack Langton; Peter Linebaugh; Ann Lyon; Michael Portillo; Andy Wood |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Forest charter |
| Subject terms: | Magna Carta |
| Production number: | AUDA160B |
| Available to public: | no |
