Today in 1215 King John reluctantly affixed his seal to Magna Carta, a document which placed restrictions on his royal power.
It has come to represent the centuries long battle to restrain capricious, insane, despotic leaders.
That's a work in progress
It has come to represent the centuries long battle to restrain capricious, insane, despotic leaders.
That's a work in progress
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As has been mentioned here before, is it not a two-tiered justice system like we are experiencing in the U.S?
"No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled….nor will we proceed with force against him....except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land."
Was a serf or a labourer or a wife or a peasant a "free man"?
Or was it just the toffs who owned everything?
http://access.historyhit.com/videos/magna-carta-dan-snow
but hey the br*tish sc decided trans women to be not women so depriving the right to privacy (&self determination) kinda runs counter to that.(not that I expect that to matter)
also I assume their definition of man is "rich noble" or smth
What, I mean wot, went wrong?😱
ps, in the UK, we really need to educate ourselves better.
Be very specific please.
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