Article: Magna Carta sold for $21.32m in New York

Article: SIR EDWARD COKE: CHAMPION OF COMMON LAW.(interpretations of the ...
Calliope;  April 1, 2000 ;     625 words ... ... of liberties based on the Magna Carta. When he realized the king ... Edward Coke interpreted the Magna Carta to fit the government of ... law. His concept of the Magna Carta became the basis for the United States Constitution.

Article: Winning a Magna Carta for children.(Columns)(15th ...
National Catholic Reporter;  September 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... except Somalia and, alas, the United States. This Magna Carta for children gave rights for ... for disabled children. The United States poses a problem and indeed ... convention. The children of the United States would benefit if the United ...

Article: The meaning of Magna Carta since 1215: Ralph V. ...
History Today;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... John's barons forced him to grant Magna Carta, the great charter of liberties that ... land. Less familiar is the role of Magna Carta in the centuries after 1225, when it ... royalist victory in 1265 did not end Magna Carta's prominent position in England ...

Article: An original Magna Carta on exhibit is shown as part ...
PR Newswire;  April 28, 1987 ;     514 words ... ... NEWS ADVISORY/ MEDIA PREVIEW: MAGNA CARTA EXHIBITION WHAT: Advance media showing of an original Magna Carta WHEN: Thursday, April 30, 10 ... Incorporated Judge Edward R. Becker, Magna Carta Foundation Stephen J. Harmelin ...

Article: Market review: two auction records were set for a sculpture, and ...
Apollo;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... rooms on 18 December, when the Perot Foundation sold its Magna Carta. Although written almost a century after the famous meeting ... likely to come to the market. Perhaps as importantly, the Magna Carta played a fundamental role in the establishment of American ...

Article: $21.3 Million Bid Will Keep Copy of Magna Carta in ...
The Washington Post;  December 20, 2007 ;     697 words ... ... yesterday he would return the only copy of the Magna Carta in the United States to the National Archives, just hours after paying ... yesterday of the document's monumental worth, as the Magna Carta ("Great Charter") is one of the founding documents ...

Article: 1297 Magna Carta bought for posterity.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  December 19, 2007 ;     487 words ...Byline: Rocky Wire Reports A 1297 Magna Carta, or "Great Charter," an English royal document ... I thought it was important for a copy of the Magna Carta to stay in the United States." The one-page 2,500-word manuscript ...