A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare ...

An original copy of the Magna Carta has sat in Harvard Law School’s library for decades without anyone realizing it. Since ...

The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law, and it has formed the basis of ...

The Magna Carta was originally signed in 1215 by King John of England and is a hugely significant constitutional document.

Imagine you bring along to the Antiques Roadshow a scuffed piece of parchment covered in writing in Latin so faded that you ...

For decades, Harvard University assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection. The parchment is tattered ...

The Magna Carta was a landmark legal document responsible for shifting the balance of power away from the kings who had spent ...

Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...

At a moment when Harvard is battling the Trump administration, a scholar who helped discover the charter said it was an ...

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.

Researchers from the U.K. have discovered that Harvard University's Magna Carta copy is an extremely rare version from the year 1300. The university originally paid less than $30 for their copy and ...

The Harvard Magna Carta is thought to have been issued to the former parliamentary borough of Appleby in Westmorland, England ...