The Magna Carta Comes to San Francisco

Dave Iverson

May 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM

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One of the original copies of the Magna Carta, dating from 1217, is now on display at San Francisco's Legion of Honor. We'll talk about the significance of the Great Charter, which is considered one of the founding documents of modern democracy and law.

More: About the Magna Carta and the exhibit - at FAMSF.org

Guests:

Richard Ovenden, associate director and keeper of special collections at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, which loaned the Magna Carta to the Legion for the exhibit

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