A new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. will examine the struggle for liberty in the context of the role of the centuries-old Magna Carta and the English Church from its creation ...

LONDON — June 19 will mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta — the great charter of rights and freedoms drawn up by the abbots of England’s monasteries and the feudal barons of ...

As I’ve mentioned, this year marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John at Runnymede. I previously posted the introduction and my translation of the original Latin of ...

The Magna Carta, or “Great Charter” — to which England’s King John affixed his seal June 15, 1215, 810 years ago Sunday — was essentially a peace treaty that was intended to end a civil war between ...

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Only four original copies of the Magna Carta, the famed 13th-century document that brought England’s king under the rule of law, are known to exist today—the “best preserved” of which is housed at the ...

Pupils from Sunderland’s Richard Avenue Primary have recreated the Magna Carta, 800 years after the original document was sealed. Year 6 pupils wrote their own “Great Charter” detailing the rules and ...

The promotion campaign for Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail, dropping tomorrow on Galaxy phones, is in full swing. Today Jay unveiled the album's cover art, above, at Salisbury Cathedral, a 13th century ...

“No free man [homo liber] shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force ...

A new law cementing the rights of the poor in the Philippines has been praised by Caritas Manila, the social arm of the Catholic Church in the capital. President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed the Magna ...

IN 1215 England’s King John was in trouble. He had spent heavily on a failed attempt to regain bits of France; the French were threatening to invade; rebellious barons, whom he had been fleecing to ...

2014-11-29T19:09:56-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/c47/20141129194515003_hd.jpgBritish dignitaries, including Princess Anne and the British ambassador to the ...