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We had spent several hours exploring the Salisbury Cathedral and taking pictures when we noticed a sign that said, “Magna Carta This Way”. One of the original hand-written copies of the Magna Carta was on display! There was an entire room for it that was enveloped in stained glass windows!
Once sealed by the king, scribes made many copies in Medieval Latin, although only four are known to survive. One is here in Salisbury Cathedral, one is at the Tower of London, another copy is at the British Library and the fourth copy has a permanent home at the Lincoln Cathedral.
The Magna Carta is also referred to as “The Great Charter of 1215”. It brought an end to the unlimited power of the monarch and established the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law and had the right to justice and a fair trial.
It says, “No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals (peers) or by the law of the land. To no-one will we sell, to no-one deny or delay right or justice”.
The Magna Carta influenced not only Thomas Jefferson when he helped draft the Declaration of Independence, but also gave guidelines to the writers of the French constitution.
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