Tory anger mounts over Davis resignation; 'Magna Carta' move...

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  June 13, 2008 ;     537 words ......resignation of David Davis to fight a Magna Carta byelection appeared to have backfired...this Sunday was the anniversary of Magna Carta - the 1215 document, signed by King...guarantees that most fundamental of British freedoms . And, announcing he would quit to...slow strangulation ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Magna Carta expected to fetch fortune, Early copy said to be worth record...

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...

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...

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...

Magna Carta goes on display in Philadelphia center; Document influenced...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...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...

I'm making a stand for our British freedoms ; His resignation will force a...

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  June 13, 2008 ;     575 words ......until Wednesday night. This Sunday is the anniversary of Magna Carta, a document that guarantees the fundamental element of...all, what should they be there for, if not to protect Magna Carta? But because this is defined as political, not security...by-election, against the slow strangulation of ...