The Magna Carta House, on an island in the River Thames near London, was priced at about $5.6 million but may need ...

It is often said that King John 'signed' the Magna Carta, but according to the modern definition of the word ‘sign’, writing one’s name or signature, technically he did not. Instead ...

William Mullins and his family boarded the Mayflower at Rotherhithe on the south bank of the Thames in east London in July 1620 along with some 60 fellow pilgrims. The steps down to the jetty used by ...

The Magna Carta, stipulating rights agreed by King John at Runnymede and aimed at preventing exploitation of power, was sealed in 1215. A second version was issued the following year after John's ...

King John and Magna Carta 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. Medieval Islamic ...

Newark was a very important location during the English Civil War in the 1640s, as King Charles I used it as a key Royalist ...

A bid to get five elephants released from a US zoo has failed after judges ruled the animals are not people so laws on ...

Bishop Budde locked eyes with President Trump and made a plea for mercy — and the war over spiritual authority in America was ...

The Magna Carta or the “Great Charter,” signed by the King of England in 1215, has been hailed as a turning point in human rights and one of most important legal documents in the development ...

The final Constitution that came out in 1949 drew voluminously from the principles of governance that prevailed in ancient ...