Harvard’s $27.50 stained document was a rare Magna Carta original

Harvard Law School bought a stained and faded parchment in 1946 for just $27.50, believing it was an ordinary later copy of ...
Washingtonian

A Really Old, Very Important Copy of the Magna Carta Has Come to DC

The Museum of the Bible is now showing one of the four original copies of the 1217 Magna Carta. However, you shouldn’t get too prideful about having one of the world’s most famous documents in DC: The ...
TES

KS3 History: Magna Carta – Why is it so important?

This lesson aims to examine the reasons why King John argued with his barons and was ultimately forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215. But what were the terms that King John was forced to accept, and ...
Harvard Medical School

Making a key piece of history available to the world

When two British researchers recently decided to take a closer look at a Magna Carta in the Harvard Law School Library archives, they didn’t hop the next flight to United States. Instead, they fired ...
Harvard Medical School

A Collection that Teaches and Inspires

They are big and small, ornate and more than a little worn and weary looking. They are hundreds of years old, and they are all part of the Harvard Law School Library’s rich collection of Magna Carta ...