Magna Carta

charter of rights agreed between King John of England and the nobility in 1215
Place charter Q12519
Magna Carta
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Magna Carta

Summary

Magna Carta is a charter[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of charter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,340 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Magna Carta is in the country of Kingdom of England[3].
  • Magna Carta's instance of is recorded as charter[4].
  • Magna Carta's instance of is recorded as contract[5].
  • Magna Carta's instance of is recorded as manuscript[6].
  • Magna Carta's based on is recorded as Articles of the Barons[7].
  • Magna Carta's Commons category is recorded as Magna Carta[8].
  • Magna Carta's language of work or name is recorded as medieval Latin[9].
  • Magna Carta's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of England[10].
  • June 15, 1215 marks the founding of Magna Carta[11].
  • Magna Carta's has edition or translation is recorded as Magna Carta[12].
  • Magna Carta's has edition or translation is recorded as Whittaker Magna Carta[13].
  • Magna Carta's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137375810[14].
  • Magna Carta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Magna Carta[15].
  • Magna Carta's Commons gallery is recorded as Magna Carta[16].
  • Magna Carta's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[17].
  • Magna Carta's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Magna Carta's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Magna Carta's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
  • Magna Carta's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • Magna Carta's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Magna Carta's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[23].
  • Magna Carta's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Magna Carta'}[24].
  • Magna Carta's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Magna charta libertatum'}[25].
  • Magna Carta's significant person is recorded as Robert Fitzwalter[26].
  • Magna Carta's significant person is recorded as Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex[27].

Body

Geography

Magna Carta is in the country of Kingdom of England[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include charter[4], contract[5], and manuscript[6].

History and Context

June 15, 1215 marks the founding of Magna Carta[11].

Why It Matters

Magna Carta ranks in the top 4% of charter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,340 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . bl.uk. bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved . legislation.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . historyextra.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Project Gutenberg. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Infovarius · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Based on Articles of the Barons
    Language of work or name medieval Latin
    Inception +1215-06-15T00:00:00Z
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