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The
Magna Carta is, perhaps, the best known document in English history and,
though written in pedantic Latin, its popular myth has provided it with a
radical complexity with the result that only a few people have had the
advantage of reading and discussing the magnitude of its reforms. Sealed
by King John at Runnymeade on 15th June, 1215, and confirmed by later
Monarchs, the Charter has stood the test of time and provides the basic
fundamental principle of human rights. The translation supplied is not, in
itself, a word by word translation but more of a generalisation of its
contents. In presenting an attractive facsimile of the original document,
the publishers have introduced a number of Coats of Arms of the Earls and
Barons who were prominent before and after the Charter was signed.
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