Medieval History
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 Salisbury the Very Reverend June Osborne told the Salisbury Journal, ?We are delighted that Jay Z has chosen Salisbury Cathedral, home to the finest of the four surviving Magna Carta, as the location for the global premiere of his artwork. We know how important the Magna Carta, and all it represents, is to people across the globe. The ideals it embodies are still relevant today.
?Jay Z, through his album, is creating a huge awareness of this historic document and its modern significance to a huge audience in the run up to its 800th anniversary in 2015. We hope to welcome many of his fans here this summer to see the artwork in the Chapter House alongside our Magna Carta.?
Jay-Z was impressed with the ideals of justice and responsibility as written in the Magna Carta, and one song even includes the line "To no one will We Sell, to no one will We deny or delay, right or justice."
Another song, Holy Grail, features Justin Timberlake. You can listen to it below:
- 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...
- From Magna Carta To Monty Python: Medieval News Roundup
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- The Magna Carta: An Old Piece Of Parchment That Made England A Nation ? Let's Celebrate It
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....
- 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...
- Unique Continuity?
I did not know how quickly my recent claim (in "Coming to Terms with Medievalism") about the "unique continuity" between medieval culture and contemporary culture in Anglo-America would be proven right. But here it is: Some politicians in New Hampshire...
Medieval History
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 Salisbury the Very Reverend June Osborne told the Salisbury Journal, ?We are delighted that Jay Z has chosen Salisbury Cathedral, home to the finest of the four surviving Magna Carta, as the location for the global premiere of his artwork. We know how important the Magna Carta, and all it represents, is to people across the globe. The ideals it embodies are still relevant today.
?Jay Z, through his album, is creating a huge awareness of this historic document and its modern significance to a huge audience in the run up to its 800th anniversary in 2015. We hope to welcome many of his fans here this summer to see the artwork in the Chapter House alongside our Magna Carta.?
Jay-Z was impressed with the ideals of justice and responsibility as written in the Magna Carta, and one song even includes the line "To no one will We Sell, to no one will We deny or delay, right or justice."
Another song, Holy Grail, features Justin Timberlake. You can listen to it below:
- 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...
- From Magna Carta To Monty Python: Medieval News Roundup
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]...
- The Magna Carta: An Old Piece Of Parchment That Made England A Nation ? Let's Celebrate It
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....
- 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...
- Unique Continuity?
I did not know how quickly my recent claim (in "Coming to Terms with Medievalism") about the "unique continuity" between medieval culture and contemporary culture in Anglo-America would be proven right. But here it is: Some politicians in New Hampshire...