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Why the Magna Carta Matters Today, 800 Years After It Was Sealed

Queen Elizabeth led celebrations today to commemorate the sealing of the Magna Carta 800 years ago in a field along the River Thames, with dignitaries from around the world, including from the U.S. On...

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National Archives Celebrates 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta (NARA -...

(Source: NARA - National Archives and Records Administration) Press Release June 8, 2015 Celebration includes special display, rare loan to Great Britain, and Magna Carta cake! Washington, DC…The...

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The Magna Carta's legacy of liberty

June 15 marks the 800th anniversary of one of America’s most important founding documents, the Magna Carta, signed by King John at Runnymede on the banks of the Thames River in southern England. How,...

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Magna Carta scribe uncovered on eve of its 800th anniversary (King's College...

(Source: King's College London) Magna Carta scribe uncovered on eve of its 800th anniversary Posted on 15/06/2015 It is a conundrum that has puzzled scholars for centuries, but now experts from the...

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What is the Magna Carta? Our guide

Have you heard of the Magna Carta? Do you know what it is, or why it’s so important? On the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Eileen Cameron fills you in... ...

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LEGACY OF LIBERTY

June 15 marks the 800th anniversary of one of America’s most important founding documents, the Magna Carta, signed by King John at Runnymede on the banks of the Thames River in southern England. How,...

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Magna Carta scribes uncovered on eve of the charter’s 800th anniversary...

(Source: University of East Anglia) It is a conundrum that has puzzled scholars for centuries, but now experts from the Magna Carta Project have established the scribe of at least one and possibly two...

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Magna Carta: Challenging 800 years of 'liberty'

Police have attempted to shut down a "festival for democracy" at an eco-village overlooking a site where dignitaries including the Queen gather on Monday for official events to commemorate the 800th...

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David Cameron: I'll fix human rights 'mess'

15 June 2015 From the section UK Politics The PM said human rights reform would "safeguard the legacy" of Magna Carta Prime minister David Cameron has vowed to put right the "complete mess" of...

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ABA celebrates 800th anniversary of Magna Carta with rededication of Memorial...

(Source: ABA - American Bar Association) WASHINGTON, June 15, 2015 - Accompanied by a host of dignitaries, including Princess Anne and United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the American Bar...

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Commemorating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta (The National Archives)

(Source: The National Archives) Throughout 2015 hundreds of events are being held around the world to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the grant by King John of Magna Carta at Runnymede (Surrey) on...

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Celebrate Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary

On June 15 we Americans, along with our English cousins, will celebrate the day 800 years ago when English barons, on the fields of Runnymede, first brought the arbitrary reign of a king under the rule...

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Magna Carta is the charter of liberty, powered by ideals

This morning, Britain’s “great and good,” including Her Majesty the Queen, will gather in a water meadow at Runnymede, on the River Thames close to Windsor, to recall an event there 800 years ago...

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Magna Carta and the Commonwealth (British High Commission in Australia)

(Source: British High Commission in Australia) By some accident of history, 2015 turns out to be a year in which we can mark the centenaries of many momentous events in our shared history. This year we...

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Magna Carta at 800 – the Dublin connection

Eight hundred years ago this week, in a meadow by the river Thames near Windsor Castle, one of the most famous documents in world history was born: Magna Carta (The Great Charter). Magna Carta is...

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Authors of Magna Carta would be 'bemused' by celebration 800 years on

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Lennox: 800 years later, the Magna Carta endures

Dennis Lennox 12:04 a.m. EDT June 15, 2015 The Magna Carta is part of the basis of the American Constitution, Lennox writes.(Photo: Stephen Chernin / Getty Images) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE...

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The Scot named in the Magna Carta

By Prof Richard Oram University of Stirling 15 June 2015 From the section Scotland Among the 27 men named in the preamble to Magna Carta as King John of England's advisors and negotiators was Alan,...

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Magna Carta at 800: Still posing a challenge

It is relatively unsplashy, as these things go – not very long, not very elegantly written, just 3,500 or so words of Medieval Latin crammed illegibly onto a single page of parchment. But Magna Carta,...

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What would a 21st century Magna Carta look like? (British High Commission in...

(Source: British High Commission in Australia) What would a 21st century Magna Carta look like? - Speeches - GOV.UK Skip to main content Senate Occasional Lecture Series: Speech by British High...

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