This Blackstone work, much less famous than his Commentaries on the Laws of England, represented the first modern, critical edition of Magna Carta, pulling together the various versions and reissues.

King John was king of England from 1199 to 1216 ... 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's power ...

And on 15 June, 1215, they met the ... however the vast majority of England's population still had virtually no rights, and the principles contained in Magna Carta did not apply to them.) ...

Magna Carta is a charter of rights agreed by King John in 1215. It is considered one of Britain's most influential legal manuscripts. Several versions were sent around the country "as evidence of ...

Salisbury Cathedral's version of Magna Carta is one of four that remain in existence from the original 1215 charter. Sentencing Royden, the judge said: "Magna Carta is a document of huge ...

Church of England rules require any ordained ... with criminal damage and are awaiting trial. The Magna Carta was issued in ...

Before England eventually descended into civil war ... programme of legislative and administrative reform far more radical and wide-ranging than Magna Carta in 1215. Constituting a critical stage in ...

PA Magna Carta marked a watershed in the relations between ... and religious institutions and attitudes in the early thirteenth century. What was England like between 1199 and 1215? And, no less ...