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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Jan 19, 2015, 08:32 AM Jan 2015

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British Churches Celebrate Magna Carta's 800th Birthday [View all]

Religion News Service
By Trevor Grundy

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Churches here are planning a major campaign to reassert Britain’s Christian heritage on the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta.

The Magna Carta is the 13th-century document enshrining the rights, privileges and liberties of the clergy and the nobles. It is also considered a founding document for human rights.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/18/magna-carta-800th-anniverary_n_6488124.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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British Churches Celebrate Magna Carta's 800th Birthday [View all] hrmjustin Jan 2015 OP

Wooo!Hoooo! TexasProgresive Jan 2015 #1

It did set a precedent for extending rights, though, especially trial by jury. okasha Jan 2015 #2

It basically said that the power of the King was not absolute Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2015 #3

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