Wales is called the “castle capital of the world” for a reason. The Normans had a tough time of it here and built over 600 ...

A British historian who discovered a Magna Carta copy was a genuine manuscript has shared his theory on why the document was ...

Human rights, defined as the basic rights and freedoms inherent to all individuals, have evolved considerably in both scope and application in the modern era. Contemporary societies have increasingly ...

Author: Over a 30-year Air Force career, Cam Torrens served as an air mobility pilot, diplomat and university professor.

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

June 18 stands out in history as a day marked by pivotal moments that have shaped nations, inspired movements, and advanced human knowledge.Arguably the ...

The historian Nora Berend rememorates the construction of the myth of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar from the Middle Ages to the present ...

Bought at auction and long dismissed as an unremarkable copy, a document in Harvard Law School’s archives has been dramatically reclassified as an extraordinarily rare original of the 1300 reissue of ...

David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King's College London, was studying online copies of the Magna Carta in December 2023 when he realised the version he was looking at on Harvard ...

Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300. By Stephen Castle ...

Nicholas Vincent is a Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia’s School of History and Art History. He has published 25 books and some 150 academic articles on various aspects of ...