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 ...

It’s remarkable that the English-speaking world remembers Magna Carta. The product of a struggle between King John and his barons, it was sealed on the bank of the Thames 800 years ago ...

As the popular Twitter adage goes: if Magna Carta is trending on Twitter ... As for what the charter itself did, when it was signed by King John at Runnymede in Surrey after being issued to ...

And on 15 June, 1215, they met the king at Runnymede, by the Thames in Surrey, and demanded he sign a peace treaty Magna Carta. John agreed, and for the first time the principle was established ...

The medieval manuscript, which is almost 100 years older than King John’s Magna Carta and has been described as ‘Britain’s Hidden Treasure’ by the British Library, has never before been seen in its ...

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 ...

King John was one of the most rotten rulers of the lot ... just a year before his rotten death, he signed the Magna Carta in 1215 - the greatest thing to come out of his reign and a document that ...