It'll be 800 years old this year. https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/celebrating-800th-anniversary-charter-forest/ Among other things, it enshrines the rights of commoners to common land for basic subsistence. It was only fully superseded in 1971. This year is the 800th anniversary of a founding document of the British constitution, and of other constitutions as well. Issued in the name of a ten-year-old King Henry III alongside the modified Charter of Liberties that had been sealed by King John and the barons at Runnymede on June 15, 2015 th... [from: Google+ Posts] |
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