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Exhibition on charter which ‘shaped the modern world’

Exhibition at The Keep - ‘King John assents to the Magna Carta 1215’ by Charles Sims. © Palace of Westminster Collection, WOA 2602 www.parliament.uk/artA PIVOTAL moment in British history and its role in shaping Parliament is the subject of a new exhibition coming to an East Sussex archive centre.

The Keep, in Moulsecoomb, will host Magna Carta and Parliament, a free touring exhibition organised by the Parliamentary Archives to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the great charter by King John. Continue reading