What is Magna Carta Day?
MAGNA CARTA DAY
Magna Carta Day, June 15 is the signing of the Great Charter that limited the power of the English monarch's reign.
Although the Magna Carta came about after barons protested King John's taxes and feudal law, it outlined specific rights and privileges that previous documents had ignored. King John signed the document at Runnymede on June 15, 1215.
The articles published in the Magna Carta over 800 years ago include some of the weight of due process written into our policies today. Trials by a jury of our peers and compensation for commodities confiscated for national needs are among the basic principals laid out in 1215.
The Magna Carta's architecture inspired the production of important documents that rule the modern world. The English Bill of Rights was signed in 1689, which once more restricted the monarchy's reign, but 13 articles specifically outlined freedoms. The Magna Carta's architecture and the concepts harken back to the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta provided the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, and several states' constitutions all relied on the Magna Carta for direction.
