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9. Symbolic for sure, but maybe "meh"
Thu May 15, 2025, 03:42 PM
May 15

If Wikipedia can be trusted:
Research by Victorian historians showed that the original 1215 charter had concerned the medieval relationship between the monarch and the barons, and not ordinary subjects. The majority of historians now see the interpretation of the charter as a unique and early charter of universal legal rights as a myth that was created centuries later. Despite the changes in views of historians, the charter has remained a powerful, iconic document, even after almost all of its content was repealed from the statute books in the 19th and 20th centuries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

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