The home built on the English island where King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215 is available for sale, priced at 4.25 million British pounds, or about $5.98 million.

And so, when King John died in October 1216, the new Regent William Marshall quickly issued an updated Magna Carta. (The new King, Henry III (r. 1216-1272) was 9-years-old when he was crowned.) ...

The four surviving copies of King John’s Magna Carta were going on display together. It was the first time in 800 years that the four pieces of parchment had been in the same room.

King John signs the Magna Carta in an undated painting. In reality, medieval documents were authenticated by seal, not signature. The document celebrates its 800th anniversary this year.

Signed on 15 June by King John of England in Runnymede, Surrey, Magna Carta was meant as a peace treaty between King John and his subjects, and demanded that every person had to obey the law ...

The Magna Carta was designed as a peace agreement between King John and the barons. It failed to achieve this, and the two sides were at war with each other within three months of it being signed.

Eight hundred years ago on this day, June 15, King John signed a document that changed the course of history. The Magna Carta limited his own powers and set forth the rights of the people, forming ...

The Royal Mint has been criticised for featuring a picture of King John signing Magna Carta with a quill on a coin celebrating its 800th anniversary. A wax seal was actually used, but does the ...

The Magna Carta (Picture: Getty Images) One of the most important documents of all time was signed on this day hundreds of years ago. Yes, on this day in 1215 the Magna Carta was signed by King John.

This is a romanticized 19th-century re-creation of King John signing Magna Carta on June 15, 1215. Wiki Commons Setting aside the Shakespeare-slandered Richard III, has any English monarch gotten ...