Article: What's magna carta ever done for you? ; He veteran Labour MP Tony Benn summed it up thus: "I never thought I would be in the House of Commons on the day that Magna Carta was repealed." The shadow home secretary, David Davis, was equally outraged about the vote to detain terrorism suspects without charge for 42 days.

Article: Celebrating the Magna Carta.(Magna Carta Day)
Calliope;  April 1, 2000 ;     535 words ......in England have celebrated June 15 as Magna Carta Day. Imagine grand pageants with hundreds...celebrations are one-day events, such as Magna Carta Day in Egham. Others are longer. The Magna Carta Trust sponsors a festival every two years...

Article: Magna Carta is great - but not Great Britain
The Scotsman;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...HAVE you read Magna Carta lately? Readers of the BBC History...whom I am one) have recently voted Magna Carta Day, 15 June, as their top choice...obvious problem with celebrating Magna Carta Day as an icon of Britishness is...

Article: Magna Carta to Go on Display in Md.
The Washington Post;  August 27, 1987 ;     624 words ......scribes who 772 years ago wrote the Magna Carta for King John of England were drafting...Rockville. The traveling exhibit of the Magna Carta will be at the Annapolis City Dock from...Rockville City Hall. Along with the Magna Carta, original copies of the Declaration...

Article: Magna Carta exhibit worth the price.(Local)(Editorial)
The Virginian Pilot;  August 22, 2006 ;     365 words ...For such a monumental document, the Magna Carta can seem to be crammed with petty things...which provided that translation of the Magna Carta's original Latin - the charter's enduring...rebellious barons in 1215. However, Magna Carta established for the first time a very...

Article: EDITORIAL: Magna Carta exhibit worth the price.(Editorial)
Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA);  August 22, 2006 ;     416 words ......For such a monumental document, the Magna Carta can seem to be crammed with petty things...which provided that translation of the Magna Carta's original Latin -- the charter's enduring...rebellious barons in 1215. However, Magna Carta established for the first time a very...

Article: Magna Carta expected to fetch fortune, Early copy said to be worth record $30 million
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 7, 2007 ;     461 words ......those it governed. The document was the Magna Carta, a declaration of human rights that...then ignored, Redden said, "the 1297 Magna Carta became the operative version, the one...It is absolutely correct to say the Magna Carta is the birth certificate of freedom...

Article: Copy of Magna Carta expected to fetch fortune
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 9, 2007 ;     470 words ......those it governed. The document was the Magna Carta, a declaration of human rights that...then ignored, Redden said, "the 1297 Magna Carta became the operative version, the one...It is absolutely correct to say the Magna Carta is the birth certificate of freedom...

Article: MAGNA CARTA'S ROLE IN US HISTORY
The Boston Globe;  July 13, 1987 ;     700+ words ......was influenced in part by the English Magna Carta, which enumerated many now familiar...said he had previously heard of the Magna Carta and called its portrayal as part of...interviewed also said they had heard of the Magna Carta but admitted to not knowing what it...

Article: Magna Carta goes on display in Philadelphia center; Document influenced American law.(NATION)
The Washington Times;  July 4, 2007 ;     497 words ......Philadelphia, beginning today, to see the Magna Carta, a 1215 English document that cemented...tradition of liberty ... begins with the Magna Carta, said Joseph M Torsella, president and...public about the U.S. Constitution. The Magna Carta, written by English noblemen to place...

Article: Magna Carta's `Road to Liberty' Includes a Day in Alexandria
The Washington Post;  August 27, 1987 ;     700+ words ......scribes who 772 years ago wrote the Magna Carta for King John of England were drafting...Alexandria. The traveling exhibit of the Magna Carta, on loan from the Lincoln Cathedral...The exhibit, titled "Roads to Liberty: Magna Carta to the Constitution," was formally launched...

Article: MAGNA CARTA RETURNS TO DISPLAY AT NATIONAL ARCHIVES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 3, 2008 ;     362 words ......the following press release: The only Magna Carta permanently in the United States will...Rubenstein's generous loan of the 1297 Magna Carta, the National Archives will present...William G. McGowan Theater in addition to "Magna Carta Days" - March 12 through March 26...

Article: MAGNA CARTA
Young Students Learning Library;      380 words ......The contract, or agreement, known as Magna Carta (``Great Charter'' ) was one of the...documents in modern European history. Magna Carta was an agreement between the barons...king, John. It was signed in 1215. The Magna Carta reduced the power of the king and gave...

Article: MAGNA CARTA COMING.(Local)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 23, 1987 ;     681 words ......the reverence Americans show to the Magna Carta, said Canon Rex Davis, who is accompanying...rule of law. The mobile display of the Magna Carta and U.S. historical documents will arrive...John by his barons in June of 1215, the Magna Carta is a charter of liberties. It states...

Article: An original Magna Carta may fetch $20M to $30M
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 13, 2007 ;     562 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 12-13-2007 An original Magna Carta may fetch $20M to $30M -- 13th-century...is the "important" and there is the Magna Carta. As rare as it is important, a 13th...said. Only 17 original copies of the Magna Carta are known to survive. English archives...