Thanks dware.
Posted on 10/13/2014 11:52:17 AM PDT by dware
More than 280 years after it was damaged in a fire, one of the original copies of the Magna Carta is legible again.
Written in 1215, the Magna Carta required the king of England King John to cede absolute power. Today, the Magna Carta is seen as a first step toward constitutional law rather than the hereditary power of royalty. There were four copies of the document created at the time. One, held by the British Library, was badly damaged in a fire in 1731.
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Didn’t Henry VIII more of less reverse the Magna Carta by consolidating absolute power?
Not really. He thought that he was above the law and got laws passed to inflict his will.
However, the will of the people supersedes any opinion a king may have when his will interferes with their will.
Henry's action only appeared to reverse the Magna Carta.
Much like the USSC's rulings and the Congresses's laws appear to reverse the Constitution?
Yes.
I’ve seen the copy that’s in Salisbury Cathedral, an historical curiosity in present day socialist Britain. Getting that way quickly here in Obama’s communist America.
Charles I would think otherwise.
There are quite a few original copies. I remember Ross Perot saying he bought a framed original. Instead of having it shipped, he just put it in his suitcase. At the airport one of the customs officers had him open his suitcase, and asked what he had.
“It’s the Magna Carta.”
“Oh. Very well, carry on.”
There are only four 'true originals' (from 1215) including this burnt one. Ross Perot owned a copy from 1297 - which is the version that is still considered part of English law in a technical sense (nearly all the provisions have been modified by later laws, but it's still 'on the books' as applying in any case where it wasn't modified.
So...the one I have from the late 1700’s isn’t worth much, eh?
It would still be nice to have - and (speaking as an amateur in this area) it could still be worth hundreds or even thousands depending on its rarity and condition.
And Perot's 1297 copy (now owned by David Rubenstein who has loaned it to the US National Archives) is still a very valuable document - there are less than twenty known Magna Carta's from the thirteenth century and all could expect to sell for millions, if not tens of millions - but if one of the 1215s ever went up for sale, it would probably break all records for sale price for any document.
badly damaged in a fire in 1731......
So the democrat equivalent party at that time tried to burn their constitution. Kinda like today.
Obama sub lege.
Well, one can dream, can’t one?
I didn’t mean to imply he reversed it in law, only in effect as you say. A reminder how paper means nothing if it isn’t enforced.
Sorta sounds familiar, dudn't it?
Yes my purpose in posting what I did in the first place. There are legions of folks out there wanting to shred the Constituition.
Thanks dware.
The English Civil War and the later Glorious Revolution were all about attempts by kings to consolidate power. At the end of the day, Parliament's rights were established in the English "constitution" and England had become a constitutional monarchy.
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