Magna Carta copies to be united to mark 800th anniversary

[dipsydoodle]

The four surviving original copies of Magna Carta will be brought together in 2015 for the first time in history, the British Library has announced.

The event will take place over three days and launch a year of celebrations across the UK and the world to mark the document's 800th anniversary.

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The document is seen as the cornerstone of Britain's constitution, outlining a set of basic rights.

There are four surviving copies of Magna Carta - two copies belong to the British Library, one copy is owned by Lincoln Cathedral and one by Salisbury Cathedral.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23304764

[LeftishBrit]

1. Of course the best way to celebrate the anniversary...

would be for the government to start respecting our civil liberties a bit more than it does!

[tjwmason]

2. There is often a tendency

That those who rant most about rights dismiss them most as well.

[oldironside]

3. Why does the name Thatcher come to mind?

Anyway, I've seen the one they've got in Salisbury Cathedral. IIRC it had been between the pages of a book for a couple of hundred years when someone stumbled across it. Lucky, really.