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How Robin Hood Defied King John and Brought Magna Carta to Sherwood Forest. | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress
The Economist - King John signed the Magna Carta on this day 1215. 800 years later The Economist explains it: http://econ.st/1QZZzgI | Facebook
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