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Magna Carta battlefields to be showcased as part of 800th anniversary commemorations
Eight hundred years ago the Barons forced King John to seal the Magna Carta or Great Charter at Runnymede which created ‘the rule of law’ we know and enjoy today. Fifty years on a new generation of Barons under Simon de Montfort had to fight another Barons' War to confirm and secure the Magna Carta