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The Magna Carta was signed on June 15, 1215, at Runnymede Meadows near London. It was annulled just a few weeks later, and ...

Just days after four Magna Cartas were united for the first time in 800 years at the British Library in London, another ancient version of the document has been discovered by chance in a medieval ...

The seminal document was written on June 15, 1215. Since then, its principles have been enshrined in laws and constitutions around the world. How did it come about 800 years ago, and what is its ...

A rare original Magna Carta, misidentified and sold “for a fairly derisory price”, has been uncovered 80 years after it was wrongly catalogued.. The remarkable discovery was made by Professor ...

A "copy" of the Magna Carta, purchased by Harvard Law School in 1946, has been authenticated by British researchers, marking a significant historical discovery of the rare document.

Harvard Law School bought what it thought was a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it's a real one from 1300 A.D. and worth quite a bit more. Why it matters: The document has been ...

Its tattered and faded copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King’s College London, estimated — though Harvard has no plans ...

Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of the Magna Carta from 1327 to add to its robust collection of ...

The Harvard Law School library bought a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50. It's now likely worth millions of dollars. ... a professor of medieval history at King's College London.

A manuscript purchased by Harvard University for less than $30 as a water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, an extremely rare document from 1300.