A brief, but enlightening, discussion of the intermingled histories of the City of London and Magna Carta: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-city-of-london-and-the-magna-carta

Anthony Alridge once famously argued a case using the Magna Carta as precedent, so who better to discuss who the great charter has shaped and been adopted by the City of London. In this lecture h examines the history of the city and the Charter and how the two have become inextricably linked.

The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-city-of-london-and-the-magna-carta

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