and King Cnut’s laws are also in this section of the book alongside the oldest copy of the coronation charter of Henry I - the wording of which is echoed in the Magna Carta (1215) and the American ...

It’s remarkable that the English-speaking world remembers Magna Carta. The product of a struggle between King John and his barons, it was sealed on the bank of the Thames 800 years ago ...

Books hold a special power ... In 1215, King John of England was forced to sign the Magna Carta to avoid civil war. The document was the first to challenge any king’s divine rule and declare ...

The exhibition includes the Magna Carta, dating from 1215; the Charter of the Forest from 1217 and an amended version of the latter written in 1225. The Magna Carta, signed by King John ...