Magna Carta Survived Because a Clerk Kept Copying It
Medieval Europe

Magna Carta Survived Because a Clerk Kept Copying It

King John sealed Magna Carta in 1215, and the Pope annulled it almost at once—it survived because one man quietly kept making copies, and wasn't entirely honest about it.

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Medieval EnglandLegal HistoryMagna CartaHenry IIIBureaucracyForgotten FiguresEnglish History13th Century

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