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(Created page with "File:Magna Carta (1297 version with seal, owned by David M Rubenstein).png|thumb|English: The 1297 version of Magna Carta. This copy was formerly owned by the Brudenell family and the Earls of Cardigan, and later the Perot Foundation. David Mark Rubenstein, co-founder and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, acquired the document in 2007 and loaned it to the National Archives and Records Administration. It is now on public display in the West Rotunda Gallery of the...") |
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In the 21st century, four exemplifications of the original 1215 charter remain in existence, two at the British Library, one at [[Lincoln Cathedral]] and one at Salisbury Cathedral. There are also a handful of the subsequent charters in public and private ownership, including copies of the 1297 charter in both the United States and Australia. Although scholars refer to the 63 numbered "clauses" of Magna Carta, this is a modern system of numbering, introduced by Sir William Blackstone in 1759; the original charter formed a single, long unbroken text.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta Magna Carta wiki]</ref> | In the 21st century, four exemplifications of the original 1215 charter remain in existence, two at the British Library, one at [[Lincoln Cathedral]] and one at Salisbury Cathedral. There are also a handful of the subsequent charters in public and private ownership, including copies of the 1297 charter in both the United States and Australia. Although scholars refer to the 63 numbered "clauses" of Magna Carta, this is a modern system of numbering, introduced by Sir William Blackstone in 1759; the original charter formed a single, long unbroken text.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta Magna Carta wiki]</ref> | ||
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[[United States Constitution]] | |||
[[Socialism]] | |||
[[Culture Wars]] | |||
[[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] | |||
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