David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King’s College London, was searching the Harvard Law School Library website in December 2023 when he found the document. “Harvard had been sitting on it for all these years without realising what it was,” he said.
The Magna Carta document issued by Britain’s King Edward I in 1300. Pic/Harvard Law School
Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection — a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two researchers have concluded it is a rare version from 1300 issued by Britain’s King Edward I.
The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law, and it has formed the basis of constitutions globally. There are four copies of the original and, until now, there were believed to be only six copies of the 1300 version.
David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King’s College London, was searching the Harvard Law School Library website in December 2023 when he found the document. “Harvard had been sitting on it for all these years without realising what it was,” he said.
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