‘Taking Liberties’ at the British Library

There’s a fascinating exhibition at the British Library revealing Britain’s “1,000-year struggle for our freedoms and rights.”

'Taking Liberties': British Library

A tour of historic struggles for freedom, there’s over 200 iconic documents and objects on display including the well known – like the Magna Carta of 1215, and the 1649 death warrant of King Charles I – and lesser known documents like the hand-written minutes of the Putney debates, recording  the arguments between Cromwell’s New Model Army and the radical Levellers.

'Taking Liberties': British Library

'Taking Liberties': British Library

'Taking Liberties': British Library

'Taking Liberties': British Library

It’s free and well worth a visit. Finishes March 1st 2009.

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