Medieval History
A medival market town has discovered it owns an original version of Magna Carta, potentially worth about 20 million pounds, rather than a copy worth only 10,000 pounds.
It was identified in the collection of Faversham town council in Kent by academic experts prompted by the auction of a version from 1297 owned by Ross Perot, who ran for the US presidency against Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. In 2007 that version had fetched $US21.3m (about $A20.8 million at today's rates).
Confirmation of the find comes ahead of the announcement of celebrations to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the 1215 charter that established the right of freeborn Englishmen to be punished only under the law of the land.
Nicholas Vincent, an authority on Magna Carta and professor of medieval history at the University of East Anglia, said: "There is an original from 1300 in Faversham that the people of Faversham knew about but nobody else did, that they had insured for 10,000 pounds ($A15,000) but must be actually worth more like 20m pounds ($A31m). That came as a bit of a surprise to them."
Click here to read this article from The Australian
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Medieval History
A medieval market town has discovered it owns an original version of the Magna Carta
A medival market town has discovered it owns an original version of Magna Carta, potentially worth about 20 million pounds, rather than a copy worth only 10,000 pounds.
It was identified in the collection of Faversham town council in Kent by academic experts prompted by the auction of a version from 1297 owned by Ross Perot, who ran for the US presidency against Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. In 2007 that version had fetched $US21.3m (about $A20.8 million at today's rates).
Confirmation of the find comes ahead of the announcement of celebrations to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the 1215 charter that established the right of freeborn Englishmen to be punished only under the law of the land.
Nicholas Vincent, an authority on Magna Carta and professor of medieval history at the University of East Anglia, said: "There is an original from 1300 in Faversham that the people of Faversham knew about but nobody else did, that they had insured for 10,000 pounds ($A15,000) but must be actually worth more like 20m pounds ($A31m). That came as a bit of a surprise to them."
Click here to read this article from The Australian
- Magna Carta Roundup
The 800th anniversary of the creation of Magna Carta was a major event, and here is a roundup of how newspapers and other media covered it. [View the story "Magna Carta Roundup" on Storify] Her Majesty The Queen unveils a plaque commemorating 800 years...
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A few great news pieces and blog posts we came across in the last couple of weeks, including two historians writing about the Magna Carta...[View the story "From Magna Carta to Monty Python: Medieval News Roundup" on Storify]...
- Jay-z Goes Medieval?
American rap star JAY-Z has released a new album this month entitled Magna Carta Holy Grail. To promote the album, they have placed artwork of the album's cover next to one of the earliest copies of the Magna Carta in Salisbury Cathedral. Dean of...
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As a nation we take these things for granted. On a recent trip to Lincoln, ostensibly to visit the magnificent medieval cathedral, I found myself alone in a room in the nearby castle where one of only four original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta is kept....
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