Retired Victoria College professor Paul Janda spoke on “The Magna Carta and Its Role in Our History.” He presented the historical context leading to English barons rebelling against King John ...
The Daily Telegraph may decry today’s National Trust as "woke" and liken its bloc voting system to one that would make a ...
Let’s keep Magna Carta alive. Because – as those barons showed, all those years ago – what we do today will shape the world, for many, many years to come.
Justin Welby’s predecessors have at times met gruesome fates — being stabbed or burned at the stake — but over 16 centuries ...
William Malet, feudal baron of Curry Mallet in Somerset, was one of the guarantors of Magna Carta. In 1190, he accompanied King Richard the Lionheart on third crusade. While still on crusade in 1191, ...
This century, George Bernard Shaw’s satire will be reversed. The US will demand that the UK bends the knee to King Donald.
At Runnymede over 800 years ago, the feudal barons forced King John to seal the Magna Carta. Now, Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger, in collaboration with architectural practice Studio Octopi ...
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 ...
When the barons rebelled in 1215 and forced John to sign Magna Carta, they set the founding principles for parliament and constitution, even though at the time they were merely guarding their own ...