St Albans Magna Carta Festival 2010
This year St Albans is hosting celebrations for the Magna Carta, the great charter agreed in 1215 between King John and his barons. St Albans and its Abbey played an important part in the events surrounding this momentous step on the way to many of our most valued freedoms.
To find out more about the Magna Carta and St Albans' involvement with at by visiting the official St Albans Festival website. You can also find out about events going on on the weekend of the 11th - 13th June 2010 to celebrate Magna Carta.
- St Albans Festival 2010 Website(this link will open in a new window)
If you would like to learn more about life in St Albans at the time of Magna Carta, take a look at our image gallery showing medieval objects found in St Albans from the medieval period.
There is also a competition running for children to design an illuminated letter, as the monks of St Albans Abbey would have done at the time of Magna Carta. You can find more details about this on our news blog.
