For those studying English legal history, the National Archives at Kew has uploaded a new educational resource page on the Magna Carta document sealed in 1215, designed to restrict the ambitions of the English king John.
The page, entitled Magna Carta, 1215 and beyond is available at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/magna-carta/.
Chris
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The Magna Carta was sealed not signed: http://magnacarta800th.com/history-of-the-magna-carta/the-magna-carta-timeline/1215-sealing-of-magna-carta/
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