What is Magna Carta?

Writ in Water installation at Runnymede

On 15 June 1215, a document was sealed in the meadow of Runnymede, which would become a powerful symbol of democracy and individual liberties. Known as Magna Carta ­– meaning ‘The Great Charter’ ­– the legal document established the principle that everybody, including the king, was accountable to the law. The granting of the charter […]

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