[MR] Magna Carta

[Roy B. Scherer]

Good people -
         You may find these websites to be of interest; I certainly did.
         The National Archives has a translation 
of the Magna Carta available online.  This is the 
first time I have actually read it, as oposed to 
reading ABOUT it.  From the promises made of 
certain rights and liberties, we can infer that 
prior to that time those freedoms were violated 
at the whim of the king . . . some of these were 
shocking to me.  Online at 
<http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/translation.html>.
         One of many sources of background 
information is online at 
<http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/play/history.cfm>. 
There is also, of course, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta>.
-- YIS,
-- Britton Morgan

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                 - - Roy B. Scherer
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         "[T]here is nothing more difficult to 
take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more 
uncertain in its success, than to take the lead 
in the introduction of a new order of things. 
Because the innovator has for enemies all those 
who have done well under the old conditions, and 
lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under 
the new. This coolness arises partly from fear of 
the opponents, who have the laws on their side, 
and partly from the incredulity of men, who do 
not readily believe in new things until they have 
had a long experience of them."
         Nicolò Machiavelli, THE PRINCE, c. 1505
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