Learn About The Magna Carta

Understand the 1215 charter that planted the seeds of constitutional law — how rebellious English barons forced King John to accept limits on royal power, influencing democracy worldwide.

The Magna Carta was sealed at Runnymede on June 15, 1215, by King John under pressure from 25 rebel barons, though the king repudiated it within weeks and Pope Innocent III annulled it — the version that became law was a revised 1225 reissue. Only four original 1215 copies survive, two at the British Library, one at Lincoln Cathedral, and one at Salisbury Cathedral, and a 1297 exemplification sold at auction for $21.3 million in 2007. Clause 39 — guaranteeing that no free man shall be imprisoned except by lawful judgment of his peers — directly influenced the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and the concept of habeas corpus that underpins modern legal systems globally.

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