3 — Trial by jury was defined in Magna Carta. The document states that "no free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled." ...

A British historian who discovered a Magna Carta copy was a genuine manuscript has shared his theory on why the document was ...

The Magna Carta, or “Great Charter,” was signed by King John of England on June 15, 1215, at Runnymede, a meadow by the River Thames. The document effectively served as a peace treaty between ...

Harvard-owned copy of the Magna Carta discovered as an original 01:49. Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...

The Magna Carta was a big influence on America's Founding Fathers and served as the basis of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

A "copy" of the Magna Carta, purchased by Harvard Law School in 1946, has been authenticated by British researchers, marking a significant historical discovery of the rare document.

The Magna Carta is a British constitutional document that put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law, according to the United Kingdom's Parliament.

An authentic Magna Carta sold in 2007 for $21.3 million. The Magna Carta is one of the most important documents in history and deeply influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution.

Harvard’s stained copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, Carpenter estimates. In 2007, an original 1297 version of the document was sold at auction in New York City for $21.3 million.

In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s valuation, the historic document described as “somewhat rubbed and ...

Just days after four Magna Cartas were united for the first time in 800 years at the British Library in London, another ancient version of the document has been discovered by chance in a medieval ...