Taking liberties

Articles

Magna Carta

In 1215, King John of England approved a document acknowledging laws, rights and freedoms which eventually became an icon for liberty throughout the world

Bill of Rights

After the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, William and Mary became regents in return for accepting a Bill of Rights.

This Scottish copy of the Articles of Union approved the merging of Scotland's parliament with that of England and Wales, starting a period of nearly 300 years of rule from Westminster until devolution in 1999

Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman [page:p.[1]]

Mary Wollstonecraft: Vindication of the Rights of Woman

The firmly-argued book, written in the tumultuous period following the French Revolution, was one of the first great works of female emancipation - but the goals she advocated took many decades to attain