It is considered a cornerstone of British democracy and three clauses from the 1225 Magna Carta are still in force today.

To try to keep the peace with rebellious barons and landowners, King John agreed to the Magna Carta in 1215. It was the first written document that established the rule of law and limited the king ...

William Mullins and his family boarded the Mayflower at Rotherhithe on the south bank of the Thames in east London in July ...

A bid to get five elephants released from a US zoo has failed after judges ruled the animals are not people so laws on ...

A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people.

Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, the grandson of the famed Owain Gwynedd, was born at the old Dolwyddelan castle in about 1173. By 1200, ...

By Dr Mike Ibeji. King John and the Magna Carta by Dr Mike Ibeji King John, the Lusignan Affair and the Early Years by Dr Mike Ibeji He came to power as a boy and presided over revolt, pestilence ...

Private property rights are one of the foundations of liberty. People’s freedom as individuals to shape their destiny by ...

Magna Carta completed the damage. There may have been very little to be said for the barons at Runnymede, but the myths surrounding the charter have ensured that John would always go down as a bad man ...

100 x 125 cm. (39.4 x 49.2 in.) ...