The Magna Carta is one of the world’s most famous documents, celebrated as a cornerstone of constitutional government. Such is its totemic status, it is more frequently referenced than read. From its ...
Durham Cathedral is set to display rare Magna Carta documents more than 800 years old next year. The three Magna Cartas, accompanied by three Forest Charters, will be displayed for the first time in ...
The 1297 inspeximus copy of the Magna Carta on display is a single sheet of parchment, folded at the lower edge, with a red and cream wax seal. This is the seal depicts King Edward I seated on the ...
Magna Carta is Latin for ‘great charter' and the term was first used in 1217 to distinguish it from the Charter of the Forest, a document that also set out limits on the king's administration, this ...
Last entry to car parks is 1 hour before closing. The riverside car park is weather dependent and mostly closed in autumn and winter, please use the Memorials car park in the first instance. The ...
On Arise, England by Caroline Burt & Richard Partington & House of Lilies by Justine Firnhaber-Baker. It is an ongoing process. Look at Ukraine: a complex past of identities and rule is currently ...
The simple fact is that Black Americans are not on the whole their descendants. They are the descendants of all of Africa, a vast and endlessly varied continent. Its peoples have warred with and until ...
"If you are a member of something, it means you've accepted membership. Anything with 'ship' on the end, it's giving you a clue: it's telling you that's maritime law. That means you've entered into a ...