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Happy birthday, Magna Carta

#1 Post by earendel » Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:43 pm

Signed June 15, 1215 (leaving aside the calendric correction that took place in 1732).
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#2 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:13 pm

It doesn't look a day over 750. :P
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#3 Post by smilergrogan » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:02 pm

I'm sending it a big card.
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#4 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Jun 15, 2015 5:02 pm

earendel wrote:Signed June 15, 1215 (leaving aside the calendric correction that took place in 1732).
Not exactly. The original document was not called the Magna Carta. What became know as the Magna Carta was the document signed at the end of the First Barons' War (1215–17). It was a watered-down version of the original document.
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#5 Post by earendel » Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:42 am

Bob Juch wrote:
earendel wrote:Signed June 15, 1215 (leaving aside the calendric correction that took place in 1732).
Not exactly. The original document was not called the Magna Carta. What became know as the Magna Carta was the document signed at the end of the First Barons' War (1215–17). It was a watered-down version of the original document.
Tell that to Queen Elizabeth and everyone who gathered at Runnymeade yesterday.
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#6 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:26 am

earendel wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
earendel wrote:Signed June 15, 1215 (leaving aside the calendric correction that took place in 1732).
Not exactly. The original document was not called the Magna Carta. What became know as the Magna Carta was the document signed at the end of the First Barons' War (1215–17). It was a watered-down version of the original document.
Tell that to Queen Elizabeth and everyone who gathered at Runnymede yesterday.
Yeah, and we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of July.
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