Magna Carta Story Illuminated By Discovery Of Medieval Poem

A little-known medieval poem written almost 800 years ago by Scottish monks was revealed last Thursday as the earliest independent account of one of the single most important events in English history: the sealing of Magna Carta.
Curators at the British Library have been researching all aspects of Magna Carta for an exhibition marking its 800th anniversary next year. But even they were surprised by what they found in the Melrose Chronicle, written in the 13th century by worldly Cistercian monks.