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What was the significance of the Magna Carta?

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This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, and today the four surviving copies of the 1215 document have been brought together for the first time in London. read more

The significance of the Magna Carta varies, depending on time. Its full significance was not in evidence the year it was signed. It gained greater significance a decade after it was written and even greater significance 82 years after it was written. And it became more significant 562 years after it was written. read more

The Magna Carta was a significant influence on the long historical process that has resulted in the rule of constitutional law today. The Magna Carta came about because King John (who only became king in 1199 when his brother King Richard I died) had a reputation for being tyrannical. read more

Less familiar is the role of Magna Carta in the centuries after 1225, when it was taken up periodically as the banner of discontented subjects rallying against their monarch, and their programmes for political reform included calls for its reconfirmation. read more

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