Sealing of Magna Carta
“1215”
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
John's grant of the Great Charter · sealed on the 19th · sealing of the Great Charter · the sealing of Magna Carta
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An Essay on the Trial by Jury
The 15 June 1215 event in which King John, stripped of power to resist his people, sealed the Great Charter.
If, therefore, the constitutional authority of Magna Carta had rested solely upon the compact of John with his people, that authority would have been entitled to stand forever as the supreme law of the land, unless revoked by the will of the people themselves.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
The sealing of Magna Carta, discussed with attention to its true date (19 June 1215) versus its stated date (15 June).
” Reasons have already been given for holding that Magna Carta, in spite of its mention of its own date as 15th June, was actually sealed on the 19th.