1297 Magna Carta goes on display

[malaise]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9852140
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One of the finest surviving 13th century copies of the Magna Carta has gone on display.

The City of London Corporation's 1297 Magna Carta has been unveiled at the Guildhall Art Gallery in the capital.

The gallery's Roman Amphitheatre was chosen to house the charter copy by conservators for its ambient low light conditions.

The document, on display until 5pm on Sunday, includes Edward I's seal and the original writ directed to the Sheriffs of London, ordering that the Charter be promulgated within the City.

Over the years, Magna Carta developed great significance for Americans and is thought to have influenced the framers of the Declaration of Independence.

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Hmmmmmmmmm not according to Bush or Cheney!!

[Faygo Kid]

1. Would love to see it. Koch brothers must hate this one.

[malaise]

2. You Betcha

I'd also love to see it. :hi:

[Cirque du So-What]

3. I FAAHHRRRT in the general direction of your so-called divine right of kings!

[n2doc]

4. Ditto on wanting to see it

What a piece of history. One of the most important documents ever created.

[Shandris]

5. In my fantasy world and games, kings are sometimes just, and right, and...

...some might say divinely inspired. But it's just that -- fantasy. In the real world, this document was one of a handful of documents that changed the entire millenium.

I'd love to see it, and hell would freeze over twice before I'd be able to get even remotely near it. :(

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. There are only three provisions of Magna Carta still in force today in the UK.

The most important of them:

No Freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any other wise destroyed; nor will We not pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the land. We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.

[Historic NY]

7. I've seen one at the British Library which still has its seal.....

I've also been to the US owned portion of the Field of Runnymede