Harvard Law School's document labeled as an unofficial copy since 1946 is actually an original Magna Carta from 1300. Professors David Carpenter and Nicholas Vincent confirmed its authenticity through ...

Durham Cathedral has unveiled a new exhibition featuring three versions of Magna Carta, the historical charter that first established the Rule of Law. The document was first drawn up in the year 1215 ...

When people talk about the signing of the Magna Carta, they often use dramatic imagery to paint a picture of the king of ...

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Legendary for his cruelty, disloyalty, and tendency to stuff his own pockets, England's most hated monarch usurped his way to ...

A piece of the final version of the Magna Carta created in February 1225 (PA) The Charter of the Forest charter granted rights to land, food and fuel to a wide cross-section of English society, from ...

We don’t often think of the Magna Carta. It is, after all, an ancient legal agreement written in Latin dealing with kings and barons in a far-off land. Our founding fathers, though, thought a lot ...

Editor: Our ancestors, English and American, realized the need for citizen protection from tyrannical rule. The Magna Carta was written in 1215 AD and has been applied to all democratically ruled ...

What was believed to be a copy of the Magna Carta at Harvard Law School's library is, in fact, a rare original from 1300. Lorin Granger/Associated Press ...