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Magna Carta

Magna Carta

Charter that determined
the King does Not 
have absolute power 
for he may not reign at his own
self-centered whim, nae!
much of his authority must be
siphoned off
Relinquished to
Earls, Lords, Barons, Bishops
Knights no longer must blindly obey
The king and his subjects convened on the
dewy emerald green meadows 
Of Runnymede

King John was compelled to sign the Magna Carta
With one voice they deemed of him a tyrant
At his nadir,  weakest point 
No longer an absolute Monarch

Enraged were the
English Kings
so, that after John
no member 
of the royal family
has been 
Christened John eversince

This shall not be forgotten
During
 
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Robert Gorelick Date: 5/17/2025 11:50:00 AM Who else would of thought of the Magna Carta, the route of so many of the rights we have today and cherish. A scholarly post, Anaya. Much appreciated! Login to Reply I Am Anaya Date: 5/17/2025 1:28:00 PM Historians are treasure troves of knowledge, bless them. Your very welcome and Thanx! Smiling

Paige Hind Date: 5/16/2025 7:19:00 PM Whoah, I learned something today- I remember learning about the Magna Carta in school, but...it's so vague. Login to Reply I Am Anaya Date: 5/17/2025 10:15:00 AM So did I, we have Wikipedia at our whim, i trust in them as well as other sources. I too don't remember much of school except an essay i wrote in 5th grade Ponce De Leon and the fountain of youth. lol...i loved History!

Duke Beaufort Date: 5/16/2025 2:00:00 PM Anaya, this is wonderful. I do like the history lesson you've presented here. Many people might not understand what a long struggle against royalty has occurred over the centuries. In addition, "Kings" come in many forms. There is a historian/professor at Boston College who writes a brief daily letter. Her letter dated 05/15/25 was on this very subject (Magna Carta). You might want to see it as it's very good. Search for Heather Cox Richardson. She also sometimes gives interviews on news shows and radio. Isn't it amazing that the copy Harvard has turns out to be so old. This is so appropriate given our current slide toward autocratic government. Hope you are well and glad to see you keep up with current as well as historical events, and you place them in your poetic compositions! Smiles! Login to Reply I Am Anaya Date: 5/17/2025 1:25:00 PM Iit was on NPR, or the BBC...i'm sure I've seen Heather Cox the historian on My MSNBC/ CNN shows, oh i love Bill Maher for some comedy relief on Saturdays! lol. I'll look for it. Historians are treasure troves of knowledge, bless them. Smiling

Yann Rolland Date: 5/16/2025 1:37:00 AM never met a king during my short life, have no regrets, thanks for the subtle poetry Login to Reply I Am Anaya Date: 5/16/2025 11:10:00 AM we can dream, yann there is a discovery made recently; Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an original version. On May 15, Harvard announced that two British researchers discovered the school's copy is one of the authentic versions of the legal document created in 1300. David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King’s College London, said he was looking through the school's digitized manuscript collection when he first saw the copy. Wow, this means it's priceless!