The Lifelong Learning team will be holding a one-day cultural event from 10:00 – 16:00 on Saturday 21 February, at Avenue Campus consisting of a series of short talks led by experts from within History at Southampton.
John’s reign (1199-1217) was one of the most traumatic in English history, marked by defeat in foreign wars, extensive loss of territory, economic troubles, opposition from the church, huge rebellions, a French invasion and occupation of London, and, finally, a catastrophic civil war and the succession of a powerless ten-year-old boy as John’s heir.
This study day will offer the opportunity to explore the difficulties and aims of medieval government, and see how King John’s policy generated opposition from many powerful individuals and groups within the kingdom and beyond.
The most important product of this opposition was Magna Carta, which was an attempt to set limits to government, to ensure that it adhered to law, and to limit taxation. The aims and meaning of Magna Carta at the time differ from modern perceptions of it, and the study day will offer the chance to examine it in relation to its thirteenth-century context.
Discounts available for staff and students.
Price include refreshments and a buffet lunch. For further details and booking please visit our website.