A new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. will examine the struggle for liberty in the context of the role of the centuries-old Magna Carta and the English Church from its creation ...

LONDON — June 19 will mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta — the great charter of rights and freedoms drawn up by the abbots of England’s monasteries and the feudal barons of ...

As I’ve mentioned, this year marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta by King John at Runnymede. I previously posted the introduction and my translation of the original Latin of ...

This week marks 800 years since King John signed the Magna Carta, the Great Charter, at Runnymede on the banks of the Thames, near Windsor to the west of London. A document of 3,500 words on calfskin ...

Legend has it that after he was forced to agree to the Magna Carta in 1215, King John of England threw himself on the floor in a rage, crawling around and biting on a stick like a dog. There were good ...

Medieval historian Church (The Household Knights of King John), a noted scholar of the reign of King John, traces the steps and missteps that led to the defeat of the king and the creation of the ...

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Well, it’s been quite the year for the Salisbury Cathedral. First, after British police alleged that two Russian men had organized a nerve agent attack in Salisbury, the duo claimed they were only in ...

IN 1215 England’s King John was in trouble. He had spent heavily on a failed attempt to regain bits of France; the French were threatening to invade; rebellious barons, whom he had been fleecing to ...

“No free man [homo liber] shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force ...

A new law cementing the rights of the poor in the Philippines has been praised by Caritas Manila, the social arm of the Catholic Church in the capital. President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed the Magna ...

2014-11-29T19:09:56-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/c47/20141129194515003_hd.jpgBritish dignitaries, including Princess Anne and the British ambassador to the ...