Why the Magna Carta matters (and why it doesn’t)

Britain marked the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, or "great charter," on Monday with pomp and solemnity. The British royals attended the ceremony, which celebrated the medieval document many consider to be the progenitor of modern republican principles. British Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the charter, a pact forged in 1215 between England's much-loathed King John and a clutch of […]









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