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Shalnov [3]
3 years ago
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Which document, dating back to 1215, limited the powers of the king and gave citizens certain rights they did not have before?

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GenaCL600 [577]3 years ago
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Magna Carta (Latin for "Great Charter," literally "Great Paper"), also called Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English charter originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta was the most significant early influence on the long historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. Magna Carta influenced many common law documents, such as the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, and is considered one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.

Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between Pope Innocent III, King John, and his English barons about the rights of the King. Magna Carta required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal procedures and accept that "the will of the king could be bound by law." Many clauses were renewed throughout the Middle Ages, and further during the Tudor and Stuart periods, and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. By the early nineteenth century, most clauses had been repealed from English law.

<span>Contents<span> [hide] </span><span><span><span>1 Events leading to Magna Carta</span><span><span>1.1 France</span><span>1.2 The church</span><span>1.3 Taxes</span><span>1.4 Rebellion and civil war</span><span>1.5 Magna Carta re-issued</span></span></span><span><span>2 Content of Magna Carta</span><span><span>2.1 Rights still in force today</span><span>2.2 Feudal rights still in place in 1225</span><span>2.3 Feudal rights not in the 1225 charter</span><span>2.4 Judicial rights (also in 1225 Charter)</span><span>2.5 Anti-corruption and fair trade (also in 1225 Charter)</span><span>2.6 Temporary provisions</span></span></span><span><span>3 1226–1495</span><span>3.1 Great Council</span></span><span><span>4 The Tudors</span><span><span>4.1 First uses of the charter as a bill of rights</span><span>4.2 Reintepretation of the charter</span><span>4.3 Edward Coke’s opinions</span></span></span><span><span>5 Magna Carta’s Role in the lead-up to the Civil War</span><span>5.1 Trial of Archbishop Laud</span></span><span><span>6 Civil War and interregnum</span><span><span>6.1 "The Levellers"</span><span>6.2 "The Diggers"</span></span></span><span><span>7 Charles II</span><span><span>7.1 In Parliament</span><span>7.2 Outside Parliament</span><span>7.3 The supremacy of the Commons</span><span>7.4 The Glorious Revolution</span></span></span><span><span>8 The eighteenth century</span><span><span>8.1 The extent of the Commons' powers</span><span>8.2 America</span><span><span>8.3 Parliamentary sovereignty</span><span><span>8.3.1 Granville Sharp</span><span>8.3.2 The myth-busters</span><span>8.3.3 The Compromise</span></span></span></span></span><span>9 Influences on later constitutions</span><span>10 Magna Carta and the Jews in England</span><span>11 Copies</span><span>12 Participant list</span><span>13 Notes</span><span>14 References</span><span>15 External links</span><span>16 Credits</span></span></span>

There are a number of popular misconceptions about Magna Carta, such as that it was the first document to limit the power of an English king by law (it was not the first, and was partly based on the Charter of Liberties); that it in practice limited the power of the king (it mostly did not in the Middle Ages); and that it is a single static document (it is a variety of documents referred to under a common name). Nonetheless, rights established by the Magna Carta have subsequently become fundamental principles of international human rights and it can be argued that democratic societies developed as a long-term consequence of this charter.


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