Cathedral Dusts Off Its Copies Of Magna Carta

Medieval experts reveal how they found Harvard’s Magna Carta - The National Archives

The National Archives hosted an evening with the medieval experts who recently discovered a ‘copy’ of the Magna Carta was actually an extremely rare original. An investigation led by Prof David Carpenter of King’s College London revealed the document held at Harvard Law School since the 1940s and thought to be a copy had actually been issued by King Edward I in 1300. Prof Nicholas Vincent, a medieval expert at the University of East Anglia, rese…

Cathedral Dusts Off Its Copies Of Magna Carta

Three rare copies of the Magna Carta, the keystone document that made everyone, including the Monarch, equal under the eyes of the law, go on display at Durham Cathedral next month.

Magna Carta anniversary - History meets Art at Durham Cathedral

This Sunday, 15 June, the world marks the anniversary of the sealing of the 1215 issue of Magna Carta and this summer Durham Cathedra