Could we have been commemorating the wrong date of Magna Carta all along? Speaking on an episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, ...

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 ...

As the popular Twitter adage goes: if Magna Carta is trending on Twitter/X, then that’s never a good thing. The famous historical document from 1215 has been cited many a time in recent years to ...

Magna Carta itself fell into desuetude in England. The Tudors were able to assert royal power in a way that the barons of 1215 and the proto-Parliamentarians of fifty years later might have found ...

Magna Carta, first written in 1215, is so important because it's the first official protection of the rights of the individual. Some sentences in this document are still part of English law today.

Magna Carta's 800th anniversary, units of measure of land and the Data Protection Act 1984: a stroll down Gazette memory lane ...

NARRATOR:The Magna Carta goes on to inspire laws in many other countries all over the world. An animation outlining the events of 1214 and 1215, detailing how British barons rebelled against King ...

King Alfred’s Domboc (book of laws) and King Cnut’s laws are also in this section of the book alongside the oldest copy of the coronation charter of Henry I - the wording of which is echoed in the ...

This episode will explore what was happening in the world during King John's life, such as the rise of Genghis Khan, and the Crusades as well as looking at the King himself, as he went from problem ...