On 05/11/14 11:04, Rod Ward wrote:
An article in this weeks observer (see http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/01/magna-carta-800-celebrates-an... ) points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and suggests there will be various TV and radio programmes (and books etc) to coincide with the significant date.
Listening to Radio 4 this week, I learned that the document signed in June 1215 was later repealed, and various versions followed.
Wikipedia states:
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Great Charter 1297: Statute (Image: 1297 version of Great Charter)
Edward I of England reissued the Charters of 1225 in 1297 in return for a new tax.[104] "Constitutionally, the Magna Carta of Edward I is the most important".[105] This version remains in Statute today (albeit with most articles now repealed—see below).[106][107]
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So, the version to celebrate is that of 1297? See you all in 2097?
Gordo