Magna Carta

In 1823, Thomas Jefferson recalled a pivotal moment in American history: “I consented; I drew it; but before I reported it to the committee, I communicated it separately to Dr. Franklin and Mr.
Durham Cathedral has opened its landmark summer exhibition Magna Cart
This week's Rare Book of the Week is a 14th century portable Magna Carta on vellum in Latin and Anglo-Norman French which comes to auction on July 9 at Christie
Researchers have confirmed that what was believed to have been a copy of Magna Carta owned by Harvard Law School is actually an original from 1300.
Tickets are now available to see three rare Magna Cartas at Durham Cathedral.
Two campaigners from British environmental activist group Just Stop Oil today took a hammer to the glass protecting the copy of the
The rare vellum copy of the most celebrated legal document in the English-speaking world was published in 1733 by the English designer, engraver, and cartographer John Pine (1690-175
This month marks 50 years since the British Library began operations in July 1973
Dallas, TX — It began with a framed letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt gifted to Melvin "Pete" Mark Jr. by his mother-in-law in 1962.
New York, NY, September 18, 2015—The New-York Historical Society is proud to display a rare early copy of the Magna Carta, one of the most important historical documents in the world, in an exhibit