The first printed edition was made in 1508. In the 1640s, parliamentarians saw in it a legal basis for their overthrow of King Charles I. Later rebels, including the American revolutionaries and Nelson Mandela, have similarly justified their actions by appealing to Magna Carta.
第一份印刷版大宪章于1508年问世。十七世纪40年代，议会从大宪章中寻找推翻查理一世的法律依据。随后的起义，包括美国革命和纳尔逊·曼德拉，都援引大宪章论证他们的行为。