Article: AGENDA: Magna Carta's influence lost in the mists of habeas corpus; A foundation stone of liberty and independence, a video game or a brave Hungarian girl. Chris Game analyses the identity and value of the Magna Carta and, like Tony Hancock, asks - did she die in vain?(Features)

Article: MAGNA CARTA RETURNS TO DISPLAY AT NATIONAL ARCHIVES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 3, 2008 ;     362 words ......press release: The only Magna Carta permanently in the...generous loan of the 1297 Magna Carta, the National Archives...Theater in addition to "Magna Carta Days" - March 12 through...Road from Runnymede: Magna Carta and Constitutionalism...confronted the despotic ...

Article: MAGNA CARTA
Young Students Learning Library;      380 words ......England and the English king, John. It was signed in 1215. The Magna Carta reduced the power...revolted. They wrote Magna Carta and had King John meet with them at...the barons forced King John to sign Magna Carta. Magna Carta ...

Article: Magna Carta is great - but not Great Britain
The Scotsman;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...HAVE you read Magna Carta lately? Readers...recently voted Magna Carta Day, 15 June...in 1215 between King John (of Robin Hood...with celebrating Magna Carta Day as an icon...1215 to watch King John sign on the dotted...helped bring about Magna ...

Article: Magna Carta goes on display in Philadelphia center; Document influenced American law.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  July 4, 2007 ;     497 words ......beginning today, to see the Magna Carta, a 1215 English document...begins with the Magna Carta, said Joseph M Torsella...Constitution. The Magna Carta, written by English...limits on the power of King John, included the idea...law; a depiction of King John ...

Article: Magna Carta to Go on Display in Md.
The Washington Post;  August 27, 1987 ;     624 words ......years ago wrote the Magna Carta for King John of England were...exhibit of the Magna Carta will be at the...were drafted for King John in 1215 in Runnymede...copy drafted for King Edward I. The Lincoln Cathedral Magna Carta "is the oldest...

Article: Sale confirms value of city's magna carta
Lincolnshire Echo;  December 20, 2007 ;     280 words ...Lincoln's Magna Carta has been confirmed as one of the world's...yesterday bought one of only 17 copies of Magna Carta. Dated 1297, the document was issued under King Edward I. But Lincoln's Magna Carta is a much earlier and rarer version. It...of the original 1215 documents ...

Article: Magna Carta expected to fetch fortune, Early copy said to be worth record $30 million
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 7, 2007 ;     461 words ......group of English barons handed King John a document written on parchment...governed. The document was the Magna Carta, a declaration of human rights...ignored, Redden said, "the 1297 Magna Carta became the operative version...absolutely correct to say the Magna Carta is ...

Article: MAGNA CARTA'S ROLE IN US HISTORY
The Boston Globe;  July 13, 1987 ;     700+ words ......influenced in part by the English Magna Carta, which enumerated many now...previously heard of the Magna Carta and called its portrayal...said they had heard of the Magna Carta but admitted to not knowing...this lack of knowledge. King John signed the Magna ...

Article: Copy of Magna Carta expected to fetch fortune
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 9, 2007 ;     470 words ......group of English barons handed King John a document written on parchment...governed. The document was the Magna Carta, a declaration of human rights...ignored, Redden said, "the 1297 Magna Carta became the operative version...absolutely correct to say the Magna Carta is ...

Article: King John Signs the Magna Carta
Archive Photos;  September 1, 1994 ;     99 words ......reluctance. unwillingness King John indoor On June 6, 1215 an embattled King John of England was made to sign the Magna Carta by a rebellious confederation...signing people. historical King John Signs the Magna Carta Copyright (c) Archive Photos...

Article: Magna Carta's `Road to Liberty' Includes a Day in Alexandria
The Washington Post;  August 27, 1987 ;     700+ words ......years ago wrote the Magna Carta for King John of England were...traveling exhibit of the Magna Carta, on loan from the...were drafted for King John in 1215 in Runnymede...1297 copy of the Magna Carta, drafted for King Edward I. The Lincoln...

Article: Magna Carta and Parliament: Enduring Legacies of the Thirteenth Century.(England)(Brief Article)
Calliope;  April 1, 2000 ;     641 words ......confrontation between King John and the barons in...barons' challenge to King John's demands on them...modern Britain. The Magna Carta and Parliament share...since law makes the king. A second is that...barons presented King John with the Magna ...

Article: Spreading the News.(record keeping, and the Magna Carta, in King John's England)(Brief Article)
Calliope;  April 1, 2000 ;     458 words ......centuries before the Magna Carta, agreements were...barons met with King John, they wanted a...language. Because the Magna Carta helped seal the peace accord between King John and the barons...ng's official seal. King John commanded that...procedure. Since ...

Article: What was the Magna Carta, and are its contents relevant to us today?
The Independent - London;  December 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the hammer. It is a copy of the Magna Carta, dating from early in the reign...family retained their copy of Magna Carta for about 500 years, then sold...It is the first time a copy of Magna Carta has been auctioned, and could...schoolchildren should be taught about the Magna ...