Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Chief Justice John Roberts explains how the Magna Carta of 1215 has laid down the foundations that paved the way towards liberal democratic ...
A detail of the Salisbury Magna Carta one of the four original surviving Magna Carta manuscripts that have been brought together by the British Library for the first time, on display at the library ...
A rare original Magna Carta, misidentified and sold “for a fairly derisory price”, has been uncovered 80 years after it was wrongly catalogued. The remarkable discovery was made by Professor David ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Richard Brookhiser talked about the history of Magna Carta and the rights established in that document. Author Richard Brookhiser talked about ...
At AEI on Thursday, Philip Hamburger of Columbia Law School argued that the Magna Carta is important, not so much for what it says, but for what it reveals about the enduring danger of absolute power ...
It is crumbling, water-stained and written in Medieval Latin, but the Magna Carta has managed to remain relevant to the cause of human rights even today, 800 years after it was scrawled on parchment ...
The Magna Carta turns 800 years old today. Known as the “Great Charter,” it is widely considered the foundation of parliamentary democracy, human rights and the supremacy of the law over the crown. As ...
Paul Webster has in the past received funding from the AHRC. The British Library has just staged an exclusive one-day exhibition. The four earliest surviving copies of the original Magna Carta were ...
The Society of Antiquaries of London, based in Burlington House just off Piccadilly, is celebrating the 800th anniversary of the 1225 Magna Carta from 23 July to 19 September 2025 with a 9-week public ...
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