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 ...

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

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.

In 1205, Llywelyn married Joan, the illegitimate daughter of King John of England ... John's troubles, which led in 1215 to the sealing of the Magna Carta, allowed Llywelyn to capture royal ...

In 1215, following disputes with barons and war with France, King John signed one of the earliest bills of human rights into existence: the Magna Carta.

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

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 ...

A significant number of documents, including the Magna Carta of 1215, the Petition of Right of ... because it listed the charges against King James II and secured the rights the next king was ...