Offers a brief description of the document and its connection to the town of St. Albans. See a photograph of the original document.

Read about the Magna Carta, see the complete text, or follow textual links in the overview to specific places in the document.

Offers an overview of why the charter was signed and how it compared to subsequent revisions. Follow links to Amazon.com to purchase books.

Briefly examines the historical importance of the English document, and lists some of the important articles.