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Magna Carta
Title: Magna Carta
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 339 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Magna Carta
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta, or the Great Chapter was the first step toward constitutional liberty for English-speaking people everywhere in the world. The Magna Carta was signed in 1215. King John and his nobles had no clue that they were laying the foundations for this new kid of government.
Originally the Magna Carta contained 63 articles. The king was forced to sign the document by nobles wishing to get back some of their lost feudal rights. …showed first 75 words of 339 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 339 total…was a good step in the direction of freedom for all. It meant that there was a law which was above the king in which he could not break. European rulers was busy building up the idea that there was a right of the king that he could rule however he wished but the English were developing the theory that there is a national law that everyone including the king would have to obey.
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