British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...

The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law. It formed the basis of ...

In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...

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

Harvard had an Antiques Roadshow moment when a professor discovered that an original copy of the Magna Carta was worth ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...

Nathan Tidridge, an author and expert on Canadian democracy, discusses the significance of Harvard University discovering its ...

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

Tucked among a trove of medieval documents was Harvard Law School Manuscript 172, identified as a copy of the Magna Carta ...

Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is ...

Lorin Granger, Harvard Law SchoolHarvard's law school library bought this document in 1946 for $27.50, thinking it was a copy ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...