年份：2015
地区：英国
类型：纪录片 历史 欧美综艺
导演：未知
主演：David Starkey
简介：Wetakeourlibertiesforgranted.Theyseemabsoluteanduntouchable.Buttheyaretheresultofaseriesofviolentstrugglesfoughtover800yearsthat,attimes,havethreatenedtotearoursocietyapart.Onthefrontlinewasadocumentoriginallyinkedonanimalskin–MagnaCarta.DistinguishedconstitutionalhistorianDavidStarkeylooksattheoriginsoftheGreatCharterin1215tochecktheabusesofKingJohn-andhowitnearlydiedatbirth.Heexploresitssubsequentdeployment,itscontributiontomakingeveryone–eventhemonarch–subjecttotheruleoflaw,andhowthisquintessentiallyEnglishdocumentmigratedtotheNorthAmericancoloniesandeventuallybecamethefoundationoftheUSconstitution.MagnaCartahasbecomeauniversalsymbolofindividualfreedomagainstthetyrannyofthestate,butwithever-tighteninggovernmentcontrolonourlives,isittimetoresurrectit?