Event Type: HA

Takes Place: 23rd September 2025

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Online

Description: David Carpenter is a leading authority on the history of Britain in the central middle ages. In recent months he has been key to the discovery and validation of the Magna Carta Document in the United States. In this talk he will use the recent work in this area to explore the dates of Magna Carta as well as the content of the document. David Carpenter is a Professor of Medieval History at King's College London. His biography of Henry III came out in the Yale English Monarchs Series in two volumes: Henry III 1207-1258: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule (2020) and Henry III 1258-1272: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War and Settlement (2023). Previously he had written The Struggle for Mastery: Britain 1066-1284 in the New Penguin History of Britain and Magna Carta: A New Commentary in the Penguin Classics Series, the latter published to coincide with the Charter's 800th Anniversary in 2015.

How to book: Book online via the website link below.

Price: Free & open to all. Recordings of talk will be available to HA members.

Email: shortcourses@history.org.uk

Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dmkGHsO7QY2gjghgnjNbLw

Organiser: HA

Lecturer: David Carpenter