Good morning, we are officially done with January 2024 blogs! Times fly when you are having fun watching and reviewing documentaries. February, I am going to go through a series The History of Africa with Zeinab Badawi found on the BBC Africa YouTube Channel. I am going to give you guys a slight hint: it has been one fantastic series to go through. I will admit that I was going back and forth between writing January and February blogs. Normally I would be working on Time Team blogs because I can always find a Time Team to write on when I get stuck.
Anyway, now that is off my mind, I am going to finish up the two-part series of the Magna Carta. How far do the ideas of the Magna Carta spread? Where do the ideas of the Magna Carta show up? How does Manga Carta continue to impact the modern age? This episode has a run time of 50:07. The documentary kicks off with the impact of technology and how people are communicating widely with each other. Not only common people are communicating with each other but governments are using technology to spy on people. This seems to be paralleling William the Conqueror and the Domesday Book that was mentioned in the first episode. Then the documentary reviews how the Magna Carta came about as well as the legend of Robin Hood. It then goes through the ideals of the Magna Carta. Magna Carta was revolutionary at the time. Although it was organized by the barons to benefit them, ordinary men started demanding their freedoms too. It was a documentary that echoed through the generations. Then there is a good discussion on how the Manga Carta impacted ordinary English life. Its ideals were challenged by James I, who believed in divine right. This would cause an intrepid group of people to leave England and form new colonies in America. The Colonists would have had Magna Carta in their minds. The colonists had to figure out to put together a civilization because the King was miles away. However, the King still would try to impose taxes on the colonies. The colonists would rebel against this thought. The Americans would declare independence and would create a constitution. A Bill of Rights was created and this Bill of Rights was a direct reflection of the Magna Carta. There is a discussion on America and the freedom that the people had in America. Adam Smith was also discussed in this section as how freedom of trade builds prosperity. It was rather interesting to hear how the Magna Carta impacted The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Adam Smith would predict that greater freedom would create wealth. Eventually, the Industrial Revolution started. There were new ways of working and new products made. There were also new ideas that started spreading around the world. Well, I suppose that the Magna Carta would have an impact on the Industrial Revolution too. People were mobile and did not have to get sucked into one place in their life. People moved to the city. Even a traveling salesman could become a wealthy man. Who would have thought that Magna Carta would have had a big impact on explosive economic growth? How do the ideas of the Magna Carta continue to impact people? What is the challenge of the Magna Carta? Is the Magna Carta in danger? To learn more about the impact of the Magna Carta on the modern world, watch the rest of this episode to find out. The narration at the beginning does seem slightly condescending regarding the Old Dead Language the Magna Carta is written in. The writer could have phrased that better. The first part of the documentary was really well-paced and provided a good summary of the Magna Carta. Then there was a shift to the American Colonies. It was also very nice to see that this episode was divided into chapters which can help make things easier to divide it for easy viewing. Anyway, the second episode would be better for research proposes with clips being used for lectures. The flow at the start may be a challenge to follow, so, therefore, this would be an episode to use in a lecture.
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