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 ...

To embark on the mother of all restoration projects, it’s good to have the mother of all historical documents to help with the fund-raising efforts. An original 1215 version of the Magna Carta, which ...

This week marks 800 years since King John signed the Magna Carta, the Great Charter, at Runnymede on the banks of the Thames, near Windsor to the west of London. A document of 3,500 words on calfskin ...

WASHINGTON — Britain’s Princess Anne visited the Library of Congress on Thursday to open a new exhibition marking the 800th anniversary next year of the Magna Carta as a landmark declaration of rights ...

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 ...

This previously overlooked Magna Carta belonging to the Sandwich Town Council was discovered in archives in Kent. (Kent County Council) An original copy of the Magna Carta has been discovered in a ...

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 ...

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 ...