Magna Carta

Product Description: This Magna Carta poster is a copy of the Magna Carta, which was written in Latin. Around the edge of the poster are a number of coats of arms and in the bottom right the Royal seal of King John. It is supplied with a comprehensive English translation. Both are rolled into a black tube with the text "Magna Carta 1215" embossed on it.

Information: The Magna Carta is a legal charter of rights signed by King John at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons. Neither side stood behind their commitments, and the charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III, leading to the First Barons' War.

The Magna Carta was arguably the most significant early influence on the extensive historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today in the English-speaking world.