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Magna Carta translated into Anglo-Norman French
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99
To make Magna Carta readily intelligible to the barons, it was translated into French, their spoken language. One transl...
Matthew Paris's map of Britain
Map, Manuscript Created date: 1200-99
The maps drawn by Matthew Paris (1200–59) offer a unique impression of mid-13th-century Britain. Paris, who did not trav...
The poisoning of King John and coronation of King...
Manuscript, Illustration Created date: 1200-99
King John was taken ill in October 1216, having suffered an attack of dysentery, and he died at Newark, Nottinghamshire,...
Verse account of Magna Carta in the Chronicle of M...
Manuscript Created date: 1200-99
One of the earliest accounts of the settlement reached at Runnymede is found in the Chronicle of Melrose Abbey. Melrose...