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800 years since Magna Carta

800 years since Magna Carta

by aseifert | Jun 12, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics, Human Rights, Magna Carta 800, Politics & Law

On 15 June 1215, in the meadow of Runnymede beside the Thames between Windsor and Staines, King John sealed (not signed) the Magna Carta. Although this iteration of the document on legal rights lasted for a very short time before being torn up, its successors paved...

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