Nº 1215 · Read
Read the charter behind the legend
Wikisource · 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
Magna Carta is often reduced to a symbol. Reading its clauses brings back a more particular world of debts, inheritance, forests, officials, and royal power. Open this English translation and see what sits around the famous ideas. A historical document is often stranger than its reputation.
- Why this number?
- 1215: the first Magna Carta.
- Credit
- Magna Carta; English translation by G. R. C. Davis, presented by Wikisource.
- Reuse and attribution
- Original NicheMisc introduction with a source link. The source work and its images, text and recordings are not reproduced here.
- Published
- 2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z