To try to keep the peace with rebellious barons and landowners, King John agreed to the Magna Carta in 1215. It was the first written document that established the rule of law and limited the king ...

Less famous than its 1215 predecessor, the Magna Carta of 1225 held the true power.

It’s remarkable that the English-speaking world remembers Magna Carta. The product of a struggle between King John and his barons, it was sealed on the bank of the Thames 800 years ago ...

As the popular Twitter adage goes: if Magna Carta is trending on Twitter ... As for what the charter itself did, when it was signed by King John at Runnymede in Surrey after being issued to ...

The listed Victorian home built on land where King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215 is on the market for £4.5m. The six-bedroom property, located on a private island on the River Thames ...

The medieval manuscript, which is almost 100 years older than King John’s Magna Carta and has been described as ‘Britain’s Hidden Treasure’ by the British Library, has never before been seen in its ...

Signed at Runnymede on June 15, 1215, the Great Charter was an agreement between King John and his barons ... A good summary of the significance of Magna Carta was published by the British ...

And on 15 June, 1215, they met the king at Runnymede, by the Thames in Surrey, and demanded he sign a peace treaty Magna Carta. John agreed, and for the first time the principle was established ...

Sitting behind President Trump at his inauguration were men who might well be called the barons of America: the tech ...

The Magna Carta, signed by King John, was the first attempt to limit the absolute power of the monarch through a decree that they had to act within the rule of law. The Forest Charter re ...

King John was one of the most rotten rulers of the lot ... just a year before his rotten death, he signed the Magna Carta in 1215 - the greatest thing to come out of his reign and a document that ...