Deciders: David Starkey on the Magna Carta

Thursday, September 17, 2015 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterAward-winning historian and television presenter David Starkey untangles historical and modern misconceptions about one of the founding documents of democracy, the Magna Carta. The demands made in the Magna Carta laid the foundation for the British constitution, influenced the American Revolution and the U.S. constitution, and continues to shape jurisprudential thinking about individual rights around the world today. Starkey is wel