But in a sense, the most valuable thing about Magna Carta is precisely that it is remembered. Other charters were issued across medieval Europe, but they were rapidly forgotten. Magna Carta alone ...

No free man shall be arrested, or imprisoned?.unless by legal judgement of his peers, or by the law of the land'The Magna Carta was drawn up in 1215 when King John's barons forced him to agree to ...

Pope Francis, in a letter to U.S. bishops this past week, cited a 1952 document issued by Pope Pius XII, saying it “is considered the ‘Magna Carta ... refugees from Europe to enter the ...

These Western traditions are at the heart of foundational documents such as the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence ... Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and Europe are located to the east, not west, ...

The new enclosure in the cathedral's chapter house ensures light levels do not get too high One of the four remaining copies of Magna Carta has been placed inside a new display box to prevent ...

By Dr Mike Ibeji. King John and the Magna Carta by Dr Mike Ibeji King John, the Lusignan Affair and the Early Years by Dr Mike Ibeji He came to power as a boy and presided over revolt, pestilence ...