Surviving Magna Carta copies to be reunited for the first time in 800 years
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23304764[/url]
[quote]The four surviving original copies of Magna Carta will be brought together in 2015 for the first time in history, the British Library has announced.
The event will take place over three days and launch a year of celebrations across the UK and the world to mark the document's 800th anniversary.
Magna Carta, meaning Great Charter, was agreed at Runnymede, Surrey in 1215.
The document is seen as the cornerstone of Britain's constitution, outlining a set of basic rights.[/quote]
That's fucking cool.
... for a book burning
Don't we have a copy at our National Archives in Washington?
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;41463105]Don't we have a copy at our National Archives in Washington?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I saw it a few years ago. I'm unsure if it is still there although.
[quote=The Article]The Very Reverend Philip Buckler, Dean of Lincoln, said bringing together all four copies would be of "national significance" and would mark a "pivotal point" in the anniversary year.[/quote]
The Very Reverend? That makes it sound like a weird adjective.
On a scale of one to Reverend, he's very reverend.
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;41463105]Don't we have a copy at our National Archives in Washington?[/QUOTE]
Not an original copy but one that was made about 50 years later
I dont know a whole lot about history, so how did the document get separated in the first place?
*edit* Or maybe im just being stupid and didnt realize what "copies" meant.
[QUOTE=kenshin6;41463863]I dont know a whole lot about history, so how did the document get separated in the first place?[/QUOTE]
uh
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;41463105]Don't we have a copy at our National Archives in Washington?[/QUOTE]
We here in Australia have a copy in Parliament House.
I think what they mean to say is surviving copies [I]in Britain[/I]
history, bitches
[QUOTE=download;41464036]We here in Australia have a copy in Parliament House.
I think what they mean to say is surviving copies [I]in Britain[/I][/QUOTE]
As with the copy in the US archives, that one is from 1297. These are the only 4 remaining copies of the original 1215 document
I've always loved that such an important document came about not because of the brilliance or ruling capability of John Plantagenet, but because his disloyal earls and barons basically bullied him into signing it.
Wow, this just came out like last week. Did Jay only make a few or was it that bad and everyone destroyed their copies or something?
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;41474164]I've always loved that such an important document came about not because of the brilliance or ruling capability of John Plantagenet, but because his disloyal earls and barons basically bullied him into signing it.[/QUOTE]
Politics haven't changed at all.
When the four copies touch, will they combine to form the Super Carta?
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