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Magna Carta: What is this 'blueprint for democracy', signed 800 years ago

June 19, 2025 8:38 pm

The Magna Carta was signed on June 15, 1215, at Runnymede Meadows near London. It was annulled just a few weeks later, and much of it focused on local administrative issues. Why is it seen as influential?

US tourist stops thief who tried to steal Magna Carta in UK

October 27, 2018 8:16 pm

Salisbury Cathedral's Magna Carta is one of four existing specimens of the 1215 charter that established the principle that the king is subject to the law.

Across the Aisle: Magna Carta does not assure liberty

June 28, 2015 11:00 am

Who is the majority? Is it the majority of persons belonging to a caste or a religion?

The Magna Carta charter: Say much in little

June 20, 2015 2:00 pm

This is in large part due to Latin’s ability to offer multum in parvo, meaning ‘much in little’. We look at a few Latin expressions which are more vivid and compact than their English equivalents.

India’s charter

June 19, 2015 12:00 am

Right to life enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution draws on Magna Carta.

A Charter For All Time

June 18, 2015 10:57 am

Magna Carta is an iconic record of the state’s obligation to protect liberty.

Charter of liberty

June 16, 2015 6:47 am

How Magna Carta, an 800-year-old peace treaty, came to be one of the most influential secular documents in world history.

Marking 800th anniversary of signing of Magna Carta, Cameron seeks to promote 'human rights'

June 15, 2015 12:25 pm

As UK marks 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, Cameron will say that the charter undermines human rights reform according to a release of his speech.

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