From the Magna Carta to World War II, which ended 80 years ago, the history of the continent has been a succession of ...

(CNN)-- The only copy of the Magna Carta in the United States, regarded as the earliest declaration of human rights, will be returned to the National Archives by the man who purchased it for more ...

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 ...

Seen by many as the birthplace of modern democracy, it was witness to King John's historic sealing of the Magna Carta over 800 years ago. However, what many people don't realise is that it is also ...

Last month, the 1297 Magna Carta, a prized artifact at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., returned to view after ten months of conservation work. With funds from the document’s owner ...

Jason Douglas reports from The Wall Street Journal’s Singapore bureau on economics in Asia. He writes about trends and ...

Narrator: The Magna Carta is one of the most influential documents ... Narrator: And in turn that was the basis of the European Convention on Human Rights. Narrator: When the 1998 Human Rights ...