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Illuminated manuscript in Bishop Cosin's Library, Palace Green

Blackfriars Lecture: Common Rights and Natural Resources: the 1217 Charter of the Forest in Historical Perspective

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29 April 2017 - 29 April 2017

11:00AM - 1:00PM

Blackfriars, Friars Street, Newcastle, NE1 4XN

  • £25

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IMEMS has a long-standing relationship with Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle and we are pleased to announce our public lecture.

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Blackfrairs Lecture

It is the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest in 1217. From 1217, reissues of Magna Carta were accompanied by the Forest Charter. Up to this point, the crown had enjoyed exclusive rights over large parts of England. The Forest Charter re-established wider access for hunting, grazing, and fuel. This lecture uses the Forest Charter as a starting point to think about conflicts over access to common land in a long historical perspective.

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£25