The Magna Carta is a Charter that was drafted at Runnymede, and is now remembered as the “Magna Carta”. It translates as ‘the Great Charter’ in Latin. In 1215, the Magna Carta was simply a peace treaty between an unpopular medieval king and his powerful barons. It did not achieve this original objective. Within a few months of the Runnymede meeting, the Magna Carta had been annulled by the Pope, and the barons had gone to war with the King.
